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ANSYS Icepak: Locating Bad Quality Cells

Tagged: ansys-icepak, cells, DDRs, ECAD, fans, grilles, heat sinks, layers, PCBs, thermal, vias
    • July 4, 2022 at 7:00 am
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      This video shows how to locate bad quality cells in ANSYS Icepak. For the purpose of this demonstration, a chassis housing containing two fans is used. The model also consists of several other components. The video demonstrates several examples of bad quality cells that have non-positive volume or skewness values lying outside of the specified range. It then shows how to identify and locate them in the design in Icepak.

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