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This is problematic as Named Selections are used to apply boundary conditions and having one edge\/face in two different Named Selections may lead to conflicting conditions assigned to the same boundary. Therefore this issue must be resolved before exporting the mesh in a solver-readable format. You can resolve this issue by identifying the overlapping geometry in Named Selections. You can right click on Named Selections and select Repair Overlapping Named Selections. 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