Hi Colleagues,
I have problems with the .stl geometry rencently. I used SolidWorks to create
3D geometric models and then save them in .stl format as the mesh walls. However,
when I viewed the geometry with Paraview, they looked like solid. I noitced in the tutorial examples, all the geomery are surface mesh (please see the attached figures). the example.png is from the tutorial example, and the myexample.png shows my own example.
I failed to save plane/surface in the solidwork as .stl.
Does anyone know how to make surface mesh (not solid one) for the Liggghts. Thanks in advance for your expertise.
Best regards,
ZYAN
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 from the tutorial example | 33.74 KB |
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kunzhang | Thu, 01/30/2014 - 21:40
Hi
Hi,
Following is the link for tutorial for openfoam, you probably could read "2.1.2 view mesh" section to know how to viewmesh in paraview
.
http://foam.sourceforge.net/docs/Guides-a4/UserGuide.pdf
Or you might try to use gmsh to create your mesh. Hopefully, it helps!
Kun
nasato | Thu, 02/06/2014 - 15:03
Hi Zyan,
Hi Zyan,
I use the mesh module from Salome (http://www.salome-platform.org/) to generate my stl meshes. You have a good control of mesh size and usually generate stl in 3D solid models works fine. I use the 2D > algorithim Triangle (Mefisto) > hypothesis 2D: Automatic Triangulation. Then just adjust Max Length to refine your mesh as you prefer.
Regards,
Nasato