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I used the extract volume feature on the inlets and outlets of a manifold, then used the &#8220;combine&#8221; feature to merge the bodies into one, resulting in the geometry above. Where did I mess up? Is this a meshing problem or do I need to edit my geometry in spaceclaim?&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-383407","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi y&#039;all,I&#039;m trying to mesh an internal fluid domain, and I&#039;m consistently getting the following error:&quot;At least one body has no elements in it. This may be due to mesh based defeaturing of the geometry. 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