Geometry Creation

4: CFD Tutorials
4.1: Geometry Creation
4.1.1: 2D Pipe Junction
Overview We are going to create geometry for a two-dimensional pipe junction as shown in the figure below.

Figure4-1 2D Pipe Junction with Dimensions

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a) Summary of steps

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Geometry Menu Creating the points using Explicit Coordinates Creating the points using Curve-Curve Intersection Creating the curves using From Points Creating the curves using Arc through 3 points Segmentation of curve using Segment Curve Deleting unused entities Creating Material Point using Mid Point File Menu Saving the geometry

b) Point Creation

Note: 1. Settings > Selection >Auto pick mode should be turned OFF. 2. Settings>Geometry Options>Name new geometry must be turned ON. 3. Settings>Geometry Options>Inherit Part name>Create new must be toggled ON 4. In case UNDO is used after creation of any point, and then a new point is created, the new point will have the next name in series. For example, if Point05 is created and Undo is used, then the next point created will be named Point06. > Explicit Coordinates > Select Geometry Create Point Select Create 1 Point. Input the Part name POINTS and Name as POINT 00.Assign coordinates (0 0 0) shown below. Press Apply to create a point.

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Figure 4-2 Point creation window

Switch ON the Geometry > Points in the left side Display Tree window. To see the names of the points, use the right mouse button and select Points > Show Point Names in the Display Tree window. Select Fit Window from the main menu. Use the right mouse button to zoom out if needed. The created point name would be shown as POINT00. Now enter the coordinates as shown below, and press Apply after each one. You will see the names automatically change to the ones shown below: POINT01 (32, 0, 0) POINT02 POINT03 POINT04 (0, 16, 0) (32, 16, 0) (48, 32, 0)
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POINT05 POINT06 POINT07 POINT08 POINT09 POINT10 POINT11 POINT12 POINT13

(48, 64, 0) (64, 32, 0) (64, 64, 0) (50, -5, 0) (54, -5, 0) (16, 32, 0) (0, 32, 0) (50, 16, 0) (54, 16, 0)

Figure 4-3 Points created thus far

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Press Dismiss to close the window. Go to View > Front. The Display window should now show the points as seen in the figure above. The location of points can also be checked by following way Go to Utility Icons > Click on the inverted arrow below Measure distance icon Select any point on screen. The Co>Last option is Find Location Ordinates of the point will be shown on screen as well as will be visible in the Message Window.
c) Line Creation

Geometry > Create/Modify Curve Points option

Figure 4-4 : From points window

> From Points: Select the From

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To select Points, click on (select point icon) and then select POINT00 and POINT01 with the left mouse button. Press the middle mouse button to accept the points. The point names will appear in the selection window. Enter the Part as CURVES, and the Name as CURVE00. Switch ON Geometry > Curves in the Display Tree if they are switched off. To see the names of the curves, use the right mouse button and select Curves > Show Curve Names in the Display Tree. Use the right mouse button to zoom out if needed. The created line name would be shown as CURVE00. Similarly, select the following points, pressing middle mouse button each time. Without changing the Name entry, by default the names of each new curve would appear as shown on the left: CURVE01 from POINT00 and POINT02 CURVE02 from POINT02 and POINT03 CURVE03 from POINT04 and POINT05 CURVE04 from POINT05 and POINT07 CURVE05 from POINT06 and POINT07 CURVE06 from POINT08 and POINT09 CURVE07 from POINT08 and POINT012 CURVE08 from POINT09 and POINT013 Press Dismiss to close the window.
d) Arc Creation

Geometry > Create/Modify Curves to open the window here.

> Select Arc Through 3 points

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Figure 4-5 Arc from 3 points window

(select point icon), and select the points To select Points click on POINT04, POINT03 and POINT10 with the left mouse button. Press the middle mouse button to accept the point. Click on the drop down menu next to the Part field to select an existing Part Click on CURVES to select this Part in the window. Enter the Name as CURVE09 and press Apply to create the arc. Similarly, make another arc named CURVE10 out of points POINT06, POINT01, and POINT11. Press Dismiss to close this window. The geometry after creating the two arcs is shown here.
Figure 4-6 Geometry after arc creation

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Curve-Curve Intersection

Geometry >Create Point > Select Curve-Curve Intersection the window opens as shown below. Select the Part name POINTS. Select CURVE10 and CURVE07 with the left mouse button. Press the middle mouse button to accept the selection. Give Gap a Tolerance of 0.1 and press Apply. This will create the intersection point called POINT14. Repeat the procedure for curves CURVE10 and CURVE08 and press
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Apply without changing the name in the Name window to get the intersection point POINT15. Press Dismiss to close the Create Point window.
Figure 4-7 Selection window of CurveCurve Intersection

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Segmentation of Curves at existing points

Geometry > Create/Modify Curve > Select Segment curve . In the dropdown, Segment by Point should be selected. Select the curve selection icon and select CURVE10 with the left mouse button.

Now select the point selection icon and select POINT01 with the left mouse button and then press the middle mouse button to accept the point. Select the Part CURVES .After pressing Apply, the CURVE10 segments into two curves, CURVE10 and CURVE11.

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Similarly segment CURVE09 at POINT03 to get CURVE09 and CURVE12. Segment CURVE07 at POINT14 to get CURVE07 and CURVE13. Segment CURVE08 at POINT15 to get CURVE08 and CURVE14. The geometry after segmenting the curve is shown below.
Note: After segmenting two Curves at a particular Point the Curves name may be different but user can refer to the figure below and select the Curves to be deleted.

Figure 4-8 Geometry after curve segmentations

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g) Deletion of unused entities

Geometry > Delete Curve

- This will open the Delete Curve window.

Select the curve selection icon and select CURVE11, CURVE12, CURVE13 and CURVE14. Press the middle mouse button to complete the selection. Press Apply to delete these curves.

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Geometry >Delete Points

This will open the Delete Points window.

and select POINT10, POINT11, Select the point selection icon POINT12 and POINT13. Press the middle mouse button to complete selection, and press Apply to delete these points.
h) Creating the Material point

Geometry > Create Body

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Material Point > Centroid of 2

points: Select the location selection icon and click close to POINT01 and POINT03 with the left mouse button. Press the middle mouse button to complete the selection. Give the Part name BODY, and press Apply to create the material point. Switch on Bodies in the left side Display Tree window to see the body. The Geometry after creating material point is shown below.
Figure 4-9 Final Geometry

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Saving Geometry

File > Geometry > Save Geometry As: Enter the file name as Geo_2DPipe.tin and press Save to save the geometry file

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