About Model Setup

The model setup is a streamlined method for performing most or all of the actions you need to specify the modeling components for a simulation.

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Setting up the Model for Simulation

Model setup is suitable for simulations with solid geometry, no surface definitions, and no orphan meshes. If your model includes shells, surface definitions, or orphan meshes, you should specify the fluid domain, fluid sections, and material assignment in separate actions.

When you perform a model setup, you can define any or all of the following:

  • Specify internal or external flow
  • Define the location of the fluid domain
  • Allow for heat transfer through solid parts.
  • Select the fluid to be used in the simulation
  • Define the location of any openings
  • Specify the mesh density for the fluid in the interior of the fluid domain and along the walls. If heat transfer through solid parts is active, you can also define the mesh density for the solid parts.

When you specify these modeling properties as part of the model setup, you can also edit any of the properties individually afterward.