Calculator locations

- March 29, 2018 at 4:43 pm
  
  papp
  Subscriber
  
  Hello, is it possible, to obtain data (e.g. mean value of field variables, surface integrals, etc.) from an arbitrary surface within the computation domain? For example, we can put charts and probes on surfaces of a solid body (blue in the attached image), or even on a plane (highlighted), but applied on a simple 2D surface (purple, offset from the blue solid), they show 0 values constantly in time. Can you explain why this can't be done? Is it possible to get numeric results from a certain area like this? Thanks, Bálint
- March 29, 2018 at 10:07 pm
  
  Brian Bueno
  Ansys Employee
  
  I will have to ask about this as well. Depending on the type of simulation, the surface may not be taken into account. This is true for a random face placed in an external flow simulation as shown below. Calculations for total force using that face report 0.
- April 3, 2018 at 2:20 pm
  
  papp
  Subscriber
  
  BBueno_ANSYS any news? :)
  - April 3, 2018 at 9:28 pm
    
    Brian Bueno
    Ansys Employee
    
    Bálint Papp
    
    The developer I've asked seems to be out of the office. I will post an answer as soon as I have it. Thanks for your patience!
  - April 4, 2018 at 7:41 pm
    
    Brian Bueno
    Ansys Employee
    
    Bálint Papp
    
    It seems my initial assessment was correct. Surfaces are not supported.
    
    Your options are to create a solid, or alternatively, you can use a full plane.
  - April 4, 2018 at 7:45 pm
    
    papp
    Subscriber
    
    BBueno_ANSYS Thank you for the clarification :)
    Could you please ask the developers, whether this function will be available in further releases of Discovery Live, or is it even possible due to SpaceClaim's features? It would be a quite useful option...

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