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How to get information about mesh cell count and cell types in Fluent?

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      Cell count: Mesh -> Info -> Size Cell types: Initialize case. all cells has “mesh -> cell element type”” as field variable: Cell Element Type (in the Cell Info… category) is the integer cell element type identification number. Each cell can have one of the following element types: triangle 1 tetrahedron 2 quadrilateral 3 hexahedron 4 pyramid 5 wedge 6 polyhedra 7 Use Adaption Registers (under Adapt Menu). e. g. for knowing number of hex cells use adapt -> iso value -> iso value of -> Cell Info, cell element type and use 3.9 and 4.1 as min and max values. Click on “mark” and you will see the number of (marked) hex cells in the Fluent Console.