{"id":456907,"date":"2026-04-22T13:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/parametrizing-geometry-position-in-ansys-discovery-solids-vs-cut-outs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:34:26","slug":"parametrizing-geometry-position-in-ansys-discovery-solids-vs-cut-outs","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/parametrizing-geometry-position-in-ansys-discovery-solids-vs-cut-outs\/","title":{"rendered":"Parametrizing geometry position in ANSYS Discovery \u2013 solids vs. cut-outs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p data-start=&#8221;118&#8243; data-end=&#8221;121&#8243;&gt;Hi,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;123&#8243; data-end=&#8221;226&#8243;&gt;I&rsquo;m working in ANSYS Discovery and want to parametrize the angle of a guide vane inside a fluid volume.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;228&#8243; data-end=&#8221;456&#8243;&gt;If I create the vane as a &lt;strong data-start=&#8221;254&#8243; data-end=&#8221;272&#8243;&gt;separate solid<\/strong>, I can parametrize its position. But if I create it as a &lt;strong data-start=&#8221;330&#8243; data-end=&#8221;375&#8243;&gt;cut-out (subtraction) in the fluid domain<\/strong>, I can only adjust it with Move\/Rotate, which doesn&rsquo;t seem to be parametrizable.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;458&#8243; data-end=&#8221;585&#8243;&gt;Is it possible to parametrize such cut-outs directly, or do I need to control them via a sketch dimension (e.g. angle) instead?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;587&#8243; data-end=&#8221;594&#8243; data-is-last-node=&#8221;&#8221; data-is-only-node=&#8221;&#8221;&gt;Thanks!&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-456907","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_topic_id":["456907"],"_bbp_author_ip":["213.61.178.84"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["456907"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-04-22 13:34:26"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["1"],"_bbp_engagement":["555953"],"_btv_view_count":["60"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"fynn-vossoutlook-de"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/456907","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\/456907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}