{"id":436796,"date":"2025-07-14T23:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T23:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/converting-stl-into-a-cad-geometry-to-be-meshed-and-used-in-ansys-fluent\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T23:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T23:50:15","slug":"converting-stl-into-a-cad-geometry-to-be-meshed-and-used-in-ansys-fluent","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/converting-stl-into-a-cad-geometry-to-be-meshed-and-used-in-ansys-fluent\/","title":{"rendered":"Converting STL into a CAD geometry to be meshed and used in Ansys Fluent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have an STL file representing pore spaces within a rock. Can someone suggest how I can generate a 3D geometry from it that can be meshed and used in ANSYS Fluent?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I never used STL files before and therefore I am seeking some help\/guidance on that. I added a screenshot that may be useful.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/14-07-2025-1752536952-STL screenshot - porespaces.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-436796","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-stltoCADgeometry-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27790"],"_bbp_topic_id":["436796"],"_bbp_subscription":["247062","8124","199","199842"],"_bbp_author_ip":["136.168.245.103"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["439322"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["439322"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-08-14 16:06:39"],"_bbp_reply_count":["7"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["4"],"_bbp_engagement":["247062","8124","199","199842"],"_btv_view_count":["826"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"tacharyacsub-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/436796","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\/436796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}