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I have edge sizing (number of divisions) for the outer face longitudonaly and the outlet\/inlet faces radially.&nbsp;<br \/>When I change different edge sizings to soft, the issue either moves to the inlet\/outlet faces or to the outer longitudonal face of the cone. I have also tried to change the number of divisions for each face, which didn&#8217;t work. Is there a way I can get around this?&nbsp;<br \/><a class=\"wp-colorbox-image cboxElement\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/06-04-2024-1712412413-mceclip2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/06-04-2024-1712412413-mceclip2.png\"><\/a><br \/><a class=\"wp-colorbox-image cboxElement\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/06-04-2024-1712412486-mceclip3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/06-04-2024-1712412486-mceclip3.png\" width=\"365\" height=\"141\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-colorbox-image cboxElement\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/06-04-2024-1712412733-mceclip4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/06-04-2024-1712412733-mceclip4.png\" width=\"251\" height=\"139\"><\/a><br \/>Another issue I&#8217;m having is that the inflation layer doesn&#8217;t work. When I tried meshing an inflation layer on the first cylinder I get the following errors.<br \/><a class=\"wp-colorbox-image cboxElement\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/06-04-2024-1712412120-mceclip0.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/06-04-2024-1712412120-mceclip0.png\"><\/a>I have seen other people use an inflation layer without problems. However, my geometry is divided into multiple bodies, which might be the reason for failure.<br \/>Does anyone know what I can do to stop these errors and get a structured mesh with an inflation layer?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you in advance!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-colorbox-image cboxElement\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/06-04-2024-1712413087-mceclip5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/06-04-2024-1712413087-mceclip5.png\" width=\"339\" height=\"232\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-360847","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-Structuredmeshing-2","topic-tag-inflation","topic-tag-inflation-layer","topic-tag-meshing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I have almost finalised the meshing of this nozzle. 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