This paper details the approach and theory behind the Cartesian mesh generation used in SolidWorks Flow Simulation.
For novice users, this simplifies the meshing process.ADVANCED BOUNDARY CARTESIAN MESHING TECHNOLOGY IN SOLIDWORKS FLOW SIMULATION Overview SolidWorks® Flow Simulation is an intelligent, easy-to-use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) program that facilitates the work of design engineers who use SolidWorks 3D CAD software for design creation. Also, this ensures that areas of the model that need mesh refinement for better accuracy will receive them. This simplifies the tedious process of manually applying mesh controls to the model.
Using any of the processes listed in this document will allow a user to update the computational mesh to fit the solution during the calculation.
The manual only refinement option forces the user to manually specify when the refinement takes place by selecting the refinement button in the solver dialog window. The units for both automatic refinement strategies can be changed to iterations. The table of refinements entity specifies the mesh refinement moments. The Relaxation interval specifies the additional length of calculation that is required after the last refinement occurs. If the value is set to “if one is satisfied”, the solution will still complete based on the refinement settings. This setting overrides the Finish Conditions value. The total number of mesh refinements is set on the Finish tab. The calculations will progress for one travel at the current mesh and then perform another mesh refinement. Using the settings depicted below, the solution adaptive mesh refinement will begin at two travels.
The periodic refinement settings allow for the specification of the start moment and the period over which the periodic refinements will be performed. There are three options available, Periodic Refinement, Tabular Refinement, and Manual Only. The Refinement Strategy option governs when the refinement takes place during the calculation. RAM on the computer is not exceeded during the calculation. This helps with making sure that the available amount of physical The Approximate Maximum Cells option allows for limiting the total number of cells created during the refinement process. For example, if the refinement level is set to three, and there are two-level initial mesh cells, the solution adaptive refinement process can split these cells down to five-level cells. The Refinement level specifies how many times the initial mesh cells can be split to achieve the solution-adaptive refinement criteria.
If the project was created without initially enabling the solution adaptive mesh refinement option in the wizard, it has to be turned on manually through the Calculation Control Options dialog window.Ĭalculation Control Options – Refinement tab Setting the Result resolution slider bar to a level six or higher on the Results and Geometry Resolution screen of the Wizard automatically enables the solution adaptive mesh refinement option. Question: How do I enable the solution adaptive mesh refinement option?Īnswer: This can be done in two different ways, during the initial setup of the Flow Simulation project and after the project has already been created. The mesh starts from an initial state and is modified during the calculation based on user-defined settings. This ensures better accuracy during the calculation.
The software splits the mesh cells into the high-gradient flow regions and merges the cells in the low-gradient flow regions. SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation can adapt the computational mesh to the solution during the calculation.