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This process continues until the 7th surface.<\/p>\n<p>I looked into tutorials to have the cyinder sliced and automate the appearance on the surface of previous cylinder, but couldn&#8217;t find anything. Any guidance or help will be appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video on youtube but it is for Abaqus: https:\/\/youtu.be\/R7b3psTrhWs?t=2077<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-366471","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-mechanicalworkbench-1","topic-tag-thermal-radiation-1","topic-tag-3DTransientThermal-1","topic-tag-ansys-mechanical","topic-tag-ansys-transient-thermal-2","topic-tag-APDLthermal-1","topic-tag-heat-trasnfer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I want to simulate transient thermal analysis in Ansys Mechanical. I have a cylinder with a diameter of 35mm, which I want to divide into 7 parts of 5mm each. 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