{"id":170091,"date":"2023-05-15T08:33:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T08:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:29:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:29:18","slug":"how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\/","title":{"rendered":"How to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a good practice to mesh only half of a symmetrical geometry in order to reduce the model size and get faster time to solution. When the boundary conditions are not symmetrical anymore (like side wind for external aero calculation) the user needs to run on the full geometry. You will find below is a solution to get the complete model from a symmetrical model in Fluent Meshing.  Please refer to the attachments to access the solution.<\/p>\n<p>Attachments:<br \/>\n1. <a href=https:\/\/ansys13.ansys.com\/KnowledgeArticles\/Phase-2B\/2051542\/2051542.pdf>2051542.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n2. <a href= https:\/\/ansys13.ansys.com\/KnowledgeArticles\/Phase-2B\/2051542\/2051542.zip>2051542.zip<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-170091","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-18-2","topic-tag-fluent-meshing-tgrid","topic-tag-fluid-dynamics","topic-tag-general","topic-tag-meshing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It is a good practice to mesh only half of a symmetrical geometry in order to reduce the model size and get faster time to solution. When the boundary conditions are not symmetrical anymore (like side wind for external aero calculation) the user needs to run on the full geometry. You will find below is\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is a good practice to mesh only half of a symmetrical geometry in order to reduce the model size and get faster time to solution. When the boundary conditions are not symmetrical anymore (like side wind for external aero calculation) the user needs to run on the full geometry. You will find below is\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-15T08:33:21+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-31T12:29:18+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"How to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"It is a good practice to mesh only half of a symmetrical geometry in order to reduce the model size and get faster time to solution. When the boundary conditions are not symmetrical anymore (like side wind for external aero calculation) the user needs to run on the full geometry. You will find below is\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Topics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/meshing\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"meshing\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/meshing\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"meshing\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/meshing\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"How to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"How to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/meshing\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"meshing\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing? | Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"It is a good practice to mesh only half of a symmetrical geometry in order to reduce the model size and get faster time to solution. When the boundary conditions are not symmetrical anymore (like side wind for external aero calculation) the user needs to run on the full geometry. You will find below is\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-15T08:33:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-31T12:29:18+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"How to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"It is a good practice to mesh only half of a symmetrical geometry in order to reduce the model size and get faster time to solution. When the boundary conditions are not symmetrical anymore (like side wind for external aero calculation) the user needs to run on the full geometry. You will find below is","canonical_url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Topics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/meshing\/#listItem","name":"meshing"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/meshing\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"meshing","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/meshing\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\/#listItem","name":"How to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"How to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/meshing\/#listItem","name":"meshing"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\/","name":"How to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"It is a good practice to mesh only half of a symmetrical geometry in order to reduce the model size and get faster time to solution. When the boundary conditions are not symmetrical anymore (like side wind for external aero calculation) the user needs to run on the full geometry. You will find below is","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2023-05-15T08:33:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-31T12:29:18+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space","og:type":"article","og:title":"How to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing? | Ansys Knowledge","og:description":"It is a good practice to mesh only half of a symmetrical geometry in order to reduce the model size and get faster time to solution. When the boundary conditions are not symmetrical anymore (like side wind for external aero calculation) the user needs to run on the full geometry. You will find below is","og:url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\/","article:published_time":"2023-05-15T08:33:21+00:00","article:modified_time":"2023-07-31T12:29:18+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"How to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing? | Ansys Knowledge","twitter:description":"It is a good practice to mesh only half of a symmetrical geometry in order to reduce the model size and get faster time to solution. When the boundary conditions are not symmetrical anymore (like side wind for external aero calculation) the user needs to run on the full geometry. You will find below is"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"170091","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2025-10-18 00:48:47","updated":"2026-07-30 21:40:29","ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/\" title=\"Topics\">Topics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/meshing\/\" title=\"meshing\">meshing<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tHow to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing?\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge"},{"label":"Topics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/"},{"label":"meshing","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/meshing\/"},{"label":"How to copy a mesh with symmetry to obtain the complete model in Fluent Meshing?","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-copy-a-mesh-with-symmetry-to-obtain-the-complete-model-in-fluent-meshing\/"}],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["05-15-2023  20:20:01"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27796"],"_bbp_author_ip":["209.182.204.162"],"_btv_view_count":["4914"],"siebel_km_number":["2051542"],"product_version":["18.2"],"km_published_date":["2017-10-06T00:00:00.000Z"],"family":["Fluid Dynamics"],"application_name":["FLUENT Meshing\/Tgrid"]},"test":"solution"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/170091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/170091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}