{"id":456278,"date":"2026-04-11T02:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/solver-failed-due-to-poor-mesh-quality\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T02:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:31:05","slug":"solver-failed-due-to-poor-mesh-quality","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/solver-failed-due-to-poor-mesh-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Solver Failed Due to Poor Mesh Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I am trying to run a thermal simulation using ANSYS Icepak but am having issues during the analysis\/solver step. The project has imported geometry from SolidWorks and I&#8217;ve simplified it as much as possible to mesh more easily. The model is a power module that has a pin-fin baseplate that has coolant flowing through it. I have refined the mesh the best that I could, but it still fails when I try to run the simulation. I have attached an image of one of the meshs. I had a mesh that was even finer than this but the simulation still failed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/11-04-2026-1775874505-Screenshot 2026-04-10 222740.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"427\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/11-04-2026-1775874563-Screenshot 2026-04-10 222746.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-456278","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27793"],"_bbp_topic_id":["456278"],"_bbp_subscription":["674551","2688"],"_bbp_author_ip":["76.38.17.19"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["456848"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["456848"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-04-21 15:55:29"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["674551","2688"],"_btv_view_count":["104"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"sthubba2ncsu-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/456278","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\/456278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}