


{"id":338611,"date":"2023-12-14T17:58:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fluent-meshing-is-asking-for-boundary-face-zones\/"},"modified":"2023-12-14T17:58:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:58:01","slug":"fluent-meshing-is-asking-for-boundary-face-zones","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fluent-meshing-is-asking-for-boundary-face-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"Fluent meshing is asking for &#8216;Boundary face zones&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have imported a stl file created by city4cfd with a geometry of a city into spaceclaim to save it as a sdoc file. I am trying to mesh the city side with the watertight workflow of fluent meshing. However, when I come to &#8216;Generate surface mesh&#8217; part, fluent is asking: &#8216;Boundary face zones (1) [] ?&#8217; and I have been trying several inputs, but honestly, I have no idea what fluent is asking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The last time I was trying to make it work I figured out that I should enter a name. However it ended the following:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(1) [()] origin-mesh3.2-west<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(2) [()]<\/p>\n<p>()<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(1) [()] origin-mesh3.2-west<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(2) [()] origin-mesh3.2-east<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(3) [()] origin-mesh3.2-north<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(4) [()] origin-mesh3.2-south<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(5) [()] origin-mesh3.2-top<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(6) [()]<\/p>\n<p>()<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(1) [()] origin-mesh3.2-west<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(2) [()] origin-mesh3.2-east<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(3) [()] origin-mesh3.2-north<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(4) [()] origin-mesh3.2-south<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(5) [()] origin-mesh3.2-top<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(6) [()] origin-mesh3.2-water<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(7) [()] origin-mesh3.2-terrain<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(8) [()] origin-mesh3.2-vegetation<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(9) [()] origin-mesh3.2-buildings<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(10) [()]<\/p>\n<p>()<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(1) [()] origin-mesh3.2-buildings<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(2) [()]<\/p>\n<p>Deleted 0 faces with 3 free edges.<\/p>\n<p>Deleted 0 faces with 2 free edges.<\/p>\n<p>()<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(1) [()] origin-mesh3.2-vegetation<\/p>\n<p>Boundary face zones(2) [()]<\/p>\n<p>Deleted 39 faces with 3 free edges.<\/p>\n<p>Deleted 15359 faces with 2 free edges.<\/p>\n<p>Warning: Deleting empty objects (mesh3.2-water)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>removed 19278 faces.<\/p>\n<p>Warning: Deleting empty objects (mesh3.2-vegetation)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>removed 127145 faces.<\/p>\n<p>Warning: Deleting empty objects (mesh3.2-top)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>removed 79 faces.<\/p>\n<p>Warning: Deleting empty objects (mesh3.2-south)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>removed 34 faces.<\/p>\n<p>Warning: Deleting empty objects (mesh3.2-west)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>removed 50 faces.<\/p>\n<p>Warning: Deleting empty objects (mesh3.2-north)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>removed 34 faces.<\/p>\n<p>Warning: Deleting empty objects (mesh3.2-east)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>removed 50 faces.<\/p>\n<p>Warning: Deleting empty objects (mesh3.2-terrain)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>removed 143885 faces.<\/p>\n<p>1915 faces marked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;- Warning&#8212; Failed Share Topology in DM\/SCDM, Attempting to repair model &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Error: The model contains self-intersections which could not be automatically repaired<\/p>\n<p>Error Object: #f<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-338611","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["304359","62"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.146"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1735"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["338611"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27790"],"_bbp_engagement":["62","304359"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["5"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["339259"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["339259"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-12-19 08:05:01"]},"test":"e-c-westerlingstudent-tudelft-nl"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/338611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/338611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}