{"id":460428,"date":"2026-06-27T15:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T15:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/understanding-geometry-import-via-spaceclaim\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T15:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T15:44:14","slug":"understanding-geometry-import-via-spaceclaim","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/understanding-geometry-import-via-spaceclaim\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding geometry import via SpaceClaim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Dear support,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to understand the workflow between CAD software -&gt; SpaceClaim -&gt;Fluent meshing.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have imported my surfaces into SpaceClaim, even if they are separated faces, it is a watertight geometry. I can generate successfully the surface mesh but I canot move beyond the &#8220;Describe Geometry&#8221; step because it detects the faces as open. How can I indicate to Fluent Meshing that the surfaces are connected?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/27-06-2026-1782574803-error_open_shell.PNG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-460428","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-fluent-mesh","topic-tag-spaceclaim"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_topic_id":["460428"],"_bbp_subscription":["629869"],"_bbp_author_ip":["37.222.158.225"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["460428"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-06-27 15:44:14"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["1"],"_bbp_engagement":["629869"],"_btv_view_count":["24"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"cesarj-95plusgmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/460428","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\/460428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}