Tutorial 1: Simulating Flow in a Static Mixer Using CFX in Standalone Mode: Viewing the Results in ANSYS CFX-Post

The line segments show where the slice plane intersects with mesh element faces. The
end points of each line segment are located where the plane intersects mesh element
edges.
9. Right-click a blank area in the viewer and select Predefined Camera > View Towards
-Z.
The image shown below can be used for comparison with tutorial 2 (in the section
Creating a Slice Plane (p. 68)), where a refined mesh is used.

Coloring the Slice Plane

The Color panel is used to determine how the object faces are colored.

Procedure 1. Apply the following settings to Slice

Tab Setting Value

Color Mode Variable*
Variable Temperature
Render Draw Faces (Selected)
Draw Lines (Cleared)
*. You can specify the variable (in this case, temperature) used to color the graphic
element. The Constant mode allows you to color the plane with a fixed color.

2. Click Apply.
Hot water (red) enters from one inlet and cold water (blue) from the other.

Moving the Slice Plane

The plane can be moved to different locations.

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