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How to workaround a Fluent Meshing error message on “out of range in substring”?

Tagged: 2020 R1, FLUENT Meshing/Tgrid, fluid-dynamics, General, Watertight, Workflows
    • March 17, 2023 at 8:58 am
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      When getting the following error message in Fluent Meshing: Error: arg(3rd) out of range in substring Error Object: 6 then this is due to the length of labels. All labels need to have a minimum length of 4 characters. This applies to Named Selections from DesignModeler as well to Groups and objetc names from Spaceclaim DirectModeler. The issue is fixed for 2020 R2.

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