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[Eric Bish]

Hi,

When attempting to simulate the external flow around a building using Ansys Discovery, I encountered the following questions:

(1) I want to display contours of static pressure on the building faces only, but this does not seem to be possible with Ansys Discovery.

(2) I want to display velocity vectors on a cut plane, but this does not seem to be possible with Ansys Discovery. As an alternative I used the "direction field".

Can you please advise? Thanks.

[NickS]

 

 

Hi Eric, 

For the first question, you could select in the countours settings: Location: All faces, Surface Display Priority: Inner and in this way you should be able to see the building faces. 

For the second question, yes i do not think you can see vectors on a plane and yes direction field would probably be the closest option. 

I hope this helps. 

Best regards,

Nick

 

 

 

 

[Eric Bish]

Thanks for your quick reply, Nick.

I tried your suggestion for my model, and I was able to successfully display the building pressure contours in EXPLORE mode (see below) but not in REFINE mode. In REFINE mode I do not get "inner" as a surface display priority (see second image).

I'm not sure what is the matter.

[NickS]

Hi Eric, 

You are right, Inner surface results seem to only be available in explore at the moment. I will try to check if there is a workaround and let you know. 

Best regards,

Nick

[Eric Bish]

Thanks!