{"id":456317,"date":"2026-04-13T03:28:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T03:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/difference-between-basic-and-initial-grid-under-grid-properties\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T03:28:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T03:28:36","slug":"difference-between-basic-and-initial-grid-under-grid-properties","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/difference-between-basic-and-initial-grid-under-grid-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference between Basic and Initial Grid under grid properties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to understand what the difference between the Basic and Initial Grid under grid properties mean, and under intital grid there are three options.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Based on Temperature Profile Estimate&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Number of Uniform Grid Points&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>User-Specified Grid Profile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&lt;p&gt;Could you please what is the difference between the three approaches and how do we even determine which of the three to use? The default number of uniform grids in the second approach is 6. How do we determine which is the best number to use and what does that mean?&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-456317","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-chemkin","topic-tag-chemkin","topic-tag-chemkin-pro"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_topic_id":["456317"],"_bbp_subscription":["613131","199","14415"],"_bbp_author_ip":["128.250.0.199"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["457240"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["457240"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-04-28 05:21:36"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["613131","199","14415"],"_btv_view_count":["83"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"faroosstudent-unimelb-edu-au"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/456317","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\/456317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}