{"id":407669,"date":"2025-01-30T09:21:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T09:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ansys-meshing-problem-with-capturing-curvautre-in-2d\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T09:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T09:21:03","slug":"ansys-meshing-problem-with-capturing-curvautre-in-2d","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ansys-meshing-problem-with-capturing-curvautre-in-2d\/","title":{"rendered":"[ANSYS Meshing] problem with capturing curvautre in 2D?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#8217;m doing an optimization problem over a 2D airfoil. Ansys Meshing cannot capture curvature over the blade (especially at the trailing edge) <strong>when the geometry is imported from SpaceClaim<\/strong>. I&#8217;ve also tried to convert the airfoil curve to a beam but the problem persists. I&#8217;ve attached the images in the following:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before converting the airfoil to a beam:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/30-01-2025-1738228359-temp2.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After converting:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/30-01-2025-1738228376-temp3.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Note that when the geometry is imported&nbsp;<strong>from DesignModeler with the same settings, there is no problem at all<\/strong>. However, I&#8217;ve no idea about DM scripting, and scripting in SpaceClaim is more friendly.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The generated mesh from DM&#8217;s geometry:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/30-01-2025-1738228847-temp4.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why is applying edge sizing in 2D problematic? is there any way?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-407669","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-2d-meshing-1","topic-tag-ansys-meshing","topic-tag-curvature","topic-tag-edge-sizing","topic-tag-inflation-layer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_topic_id":["407669"],"_bbp_subscription":["251212","199"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.154.136.100"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["407768"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["407768"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-01-30 15:14:06"],"_bbp_reply_count":["16"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["251212","199"],"_btv_view_count":["247"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"e-bakhtyarygmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/407669","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\/407669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}