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However I the IDs don&#8217;t seem to follow any certain order. Moreover, if I stop and restart my simulation, the IDs of the cells change completely, so I was wondering how are they assigned. Is there a logic behind or is it randomly done?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much in advance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-317816","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ascii-1","topic-tag-postprocessing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello, I am running a a case on ANSYS Fluent 22v2 where I try to simulate outdoors dispersion of particles over a complex terrain. 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