{"id":348699,"date":"2024-02-03T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=348699"},"modified":"2024-02-03T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T11:12:00","slug":"export-packed-bed-and-particle-geometries-to-stl-from-rocky-for-cfd","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/export-packed-bed-and-particle-geometries-to-stl-from-rocky-for-cfd\/","title":{"rendered":"Export packed bed and particle geometries to .stl from Rocky for CFD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all,<\/p>\n<p>New to Rocky and I have been trying to export the geometry of packed bed particles to .stl (for CFD simulation <span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">later<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">) from Rocky 2023R1 with academic license.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An approach using prepost script (see the figure below) is described in the webinar Rocky in Action: Particle Bed Reactor (https:\/\/www.ansys.com\/resource-center\/webinar\/rocky-in-action-particle-bed-reactor). However, the script isn&#8217;t there or available from Read-to-Use Script of Customer Portal, as all those links under Customer Portal lead to nowhere.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also tried 5.5.7. Export User Process Geometry Triangles to an STL File of the user manual, that doesn&#8217;t appear working either.<\/p>\n<p>Would very much appreciate it if anyone knew how to do this through GUI or script, or where to find the script.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kind regards<\/p>\n<p>Zhihe<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/03-02-2024-1706957716-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1037\" height=\"749\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-348699","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi all,New to Rocky and I have been trying to export the geometry of packed bed particles to .stl (for CFD simulation later) from Rocky 2023R1 with academic license. 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