Error occuring while importing spaceclaim geometry into fluent meshing 2022

- March 22, 2022 at 8:24 pm
  
  qschwan
  Subscriber
  
  Hey guys!
  I've just installed the newest student package of Ansys including Spaceclaim, fluent, fluent-meshing ... Unfortunately, an error message occurs while importing the geometry into fluent-meshing. The error message stays for different geometries the same. I tried to reinstall the whole Ansys package and cleaned up my registry. Nothing helped so far...
  After preparing my geometry as shown in a tutorial by Ansys, I'll get the following error:
  Error: Error in CAD Import
  Error Object: #f
  
  Error: Error occurred during import.
  Error Object: #f
  
  Error: Importing the selected file could not be completed. Check to make sure that the selected file format is supported. In addition, check to make sure the CAD Readers are properly configured for the format using the CAD Configuration Manager utility.
  Error Object: #f
  
  Looking forward to your answers!
- March 22, 2022 at 8:28 pm
  
  George Karnos
  Ansys Employee
  
  What type of Geometry are you trying to import?
  Supported Geometry Import:
  Neutral format import IGES, STEP
  Parasolid (native within Ansys DesignModeler)
- March 22, 2022 at 8:34 pm
  
  qschwan
  Subscriber
  
  I followed this step-by-step tutorial: https://courses.ansys.com/index.php/courses/wind-blade-analysis-for-wind-power-using-ansys-fluent/lessons/geometry-lesson-3-23/
  The original geometry is saved as STEP
- March 23, 2022 at 2:39 pm
  
  Rob
  Ansys Employee
  
  Check for spaces and odd characters in the file name and path. Fluent Meshing doesn't like either. Mapped network drives can also be problematic depending on whether the mapped drive has spaces etc in it.
- March 23, 2022 at 3:57 pm
  
  qschwan
  Subscriber
  
  Double checked that as well and the error still remains. I saved the geometry file and the whole project folder onto my desktop in a separate folder. I had issues with the 2021 Version also, which is the reason I've installed the newest version. In an older version than 2021, everything worked fine (workbench workflow and fluent itself).
  I've tried to redo the steps with the design modeler. The problem remains...
  I also tried to import a geometry that I used in an older version. The error is the same...
  Any ideas...?
- March 23, 2022 at 5:30 pm
  
  Rob
  Ansys Employee
  
  Can you try from C:\userid\ansys or similar? I'm not sure what the path for Desktop is.
- March 25, 2022 at 4:56 pm
  
  qschwan
  Subscriber
  
  Tried to open it directly from C:\Ansys but the error remains...
  I am going to reinstall it once again with a fresh download from the website. I'll keep you updated.
- March 25, 2022 at 5:17 pm
  
  Rob
  Ansys Employee
  
  Thanks. Test with a "simple" cube straight from SpaceClaim to Fluent Meshing too.
- March 25, 2022 at 6:18 pm
  
  qschwan
  Subscriber
  
  It seems like I fixed the problem. I changed the installation from D:\ (SATA) to C:\ (SSD) where windows is installed too.
  But I don't know why this helped...
  Anyways, thank you for your help!
- March 28, 2022 at 11:02 am
  
  Rob
  Ansys Employee
  
  There will have been a path issue with the scripts somewhere. Good to hear it's all working.

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