ICEM

Import formatted point data

File/import geometry/formatted point data

Typically in an ASCII file

Specially formatted

Can be extrapolated to 3D, with scaling, twist, etc.

High or low curvature, etc.

May require different blocking strategy(Topology)

Requires some robust scripting

Formatted point data

File format, “.dat”[1]

The data is read in as Bspline data

The Formatted point data option converts formatted point data into the ANSYS ICEM CFD format.

Each surface's data is represented in the following way: The first line contains two numbers,

the number points for each curve, and the number of curves for each surfaces.

The remaining lines represent the points of the surface. An example is shown below:

*******

62 4

0.0682618 9.731237 0.5112982

-0.2821764 19.30035 0.5278823

-1.046131 9.840971 1.598944

2D to 3D Blocks

options

- MultiZone Fill

- Translate

- Rotate

https://www.sharcnet.ca/Software/Ansys/15.0.7/en-us/help/icm_help/iblock_2dto3d.html

Reference

1. help manual ICEM CFD

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYrbScUH9RE

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