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Post-processing surface or plane not aligned to Fluent co-ordinate axes. While post processing on such surface need to align the surface normal to screen.

Tagged: 18.2, fluent, fluid-dynamics, General - FLUENT, UI
    • May 15, 2023 at 8:32 am
      SolutionSolution
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      There is no direct option to orient the post processing normal to screen which is not along the global co-ordinates. The workaround is to calculate the normal of the plane and apply it in camera and the surface will get oriented along the screen. Please refer to attachment for the same.

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      1. orientation.JPG

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