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  3. I have two display tabs in Fluent, and I have created a contour object (listed under contour in the tree), which is displayed on tab1. If I modify the properties of the contour to create a second one, and select tab2 for display, the second contour will be displayed in both tabs. Why is that?

I have two display tabs in Fluent, and I have created a contour object (listed under contour in the tree), which is displayed on tab1. If I modify the properties of the contour to create a second one, and select tab2 for display, the second contour will be displayed in both tabs. Why is that?

Tagged: 19.1, fluent, fluent-post-processing, fluid-dynamics, post-processing
    • April 5, 2023 at 2:32 pm
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      In latest versions, the implementation of post-processing objects has modified the way the display windows are handled. To properly have 2 contours displayed at the same time on two display tabs, the best practice is to create two contour objects, and to assign each of them into a display tab (right click inside tab1 > Display> contour1, reapeat for contour2) This way both tabs have independent displays

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