{"id":182504,"date":"2024-06-05T08:24:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T08:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=182504"},"modified":"2024-06-05T11:07:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T11:07:31","slug":"how-to-measure-the-projected-area-in-ansys-discovery","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-measure-the-projected-area-in-ansys-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"How to measure the projected area in Ansys Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this video tutorial, you will learn how you can measure the projected area of one or more objects in Ansys Discovery.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vidyard_iframe\" title=\"Projected Area\" src=\"\/\/play.vidyard.com\/aMwJci9HWSpX81cUbjQx41.html?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While doing external fluid flow simulations on a vehicle, the projected frontal area is very important parameter for vehicle design as it has a significant impact on aerodynamic drag. This video will help you measure the area of the projected silhouette and displayed in the design window. With this information and drag force, you can calculate the drag coefficient to compare the aerodynamic efficiency of the different designs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-182507 size-medium\" src=\"\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/external-aero-300x152.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/external-aero-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/external-aero-768x389.png 768w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/external-aero-24x12.png 24w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/external-aero-36x18.png 36w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/external-aero-48x24.png 48w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/external-aero.png 885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-182504","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-aerodynamic","topic-tag-ansys-discovery","topic-tag-area","topic-tag-designs","topic-tag-discovery-explore","topic-tag-discovery-refine","topic-tag-drag","topic-tag-drag-force","topic-tag-external-flow-fluid","topic-tag-external-flow","topic-tag-fluid-flow-simulation","topic-tag-inspect","topic-tag-mass-properties","topic-tag-measure","topic-tag-monitors","topic-tag-plane","topic-tag-precision","topic-tag-projected","topic-tag-silhouette","topic-tag-tool-options"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_edit_lock":["1721725010:3452"],"_edit_last":["77045"],"filter_by_optics_product":["Lumerical"],"_filter_by_optics_product":["field_64fb192ba3121"],"application_name":[""],"_application_name":["field_64a80903c8e15"],"family":[""],"_family":["field_64a809229a857"],"siebel_km_number":[""],"_siebel_km_number":["field_63ecbffce60db"],"salesforce_km_number":[""],"_salesforce_km_number":["field_63ecc018e60dc"],"km_published_date":[""],"_km_published_date":["field_64c77704499dd"],"product_version":[""],"_product_version":["field_64c776cb4fd2e"],"_bbp_forum_id":["159543"],"_bbp_topic_id":["182504"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.216.133.141"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["182505"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-06-05 08:24:47"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["0"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["90"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["1"],"_btv_view_count":["3663"],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"]},"test":"watchlearnansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/182504","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":4,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/182504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182509,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/182504\/revisions\/182509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}