Fluent Meshing Migration Manual

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Table of Contents
1. Migrating to Fluent Meshing 18.0 .......................................................................................................... 1
1.1. The Contents of This Manual ............................................................................................................. 1
1.2. Additional Resources ........................................................................................................................ 1
2. Feature Changes in Fluent Meshing 18.0 ................................................................................................ 3
2.1. Changes in Product Behavior from Previous Releases ......................................................................... 3
2.2. Added Features ................................................................................................................................ 3
3. Text Command List Changes in Fluent Meshing 18.0 ............................................................................. 5
3.1. Modified Fluent Meshing Text Commands ......................................................................................... 5
3.2. New Fluent Meshing Text Commands ................................................................................................ 5

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Chapter 1: Migrating to Fluent Meshing 18.0
The purpose of the Fluent Meshing Migration Manual is to help you transition to the most recent version
of ANSYS Fluent Meshing.

Read through the entire document to understand the changes that have taken place.
1.1.The Contents of This Manual
1.2. Additional Resources

1.1. The Contents of This Manual

This version of the Fluent Meshing Migration Manual highlights changes between Fluent Meshing 17.2
and Fluent Meshing 18.0. This document will include a brief description of new features and changes
in text command settings. The information is enclosed in the following chapters:

Feature Changes in Fluent Meshing 18.0 (p. 3)

Text Command List Changes in Fluent Meshing 18.0 (p. 5)

If you are upgrading across several releases, you may find it helpful to consult technical support for
assistance.

1.2. Additional Resources

For a complete list of Fluent manuals, see The Contents of the Fluent Manuals.

To access documentation files on the ANSYS Customer Portal, go to http://support.ansys.com/document-

ation. Here you can also find Release Notes and a list of Known Issues and Limitations. Expand the
General category to access these documents

For a list of platform/OS levels that are supported in the current release, visit the ANSYS website.

Please note that beta features have not been fully tested and validated. ANSYS, Inc. makes no commit-
ment to resolve defects reported against these prototype features. Changes in behavior are sometimes
expected and are not captured in this document. However, if there are differences between the Release
16.X beta features and the Release 18.0 standard Fluent Meshing features that concern you, contact
technical support for assistance. Your feedback is appreciated and will help us improve the overall
quality of the product.

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Chapter 2: Feature Changes in Fluent Meshing 18.0
Several features have been improved or added in Fluent Meshing Release 18.0.

The following sections describe such feature changes:

2.1. Changes in Product Behavior from Previous Releases
2.2. Added Features

2.1. Changes in Product Behavior from Previous Releases

Interior zones between different cell zones will no longer be automatically converted to internal type when
the mesh/case file is read.

The file size and time taken for writing case files in the Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) should be significantly
reduced due to a change in the default compression level.

Domains are now updated to include new zones after face zones are remeshed and replaced.

The option for creating intersection loops for marked cross-object intersections has been changed to create
only cross-object intersection loops.

2.2. Added Features

The new features available in the meshing mode in Fluent include enhancements to existing features,
and improved robustness through defect fixes.

The following enhancements have been made:

Dialog boxes containing lists are expandable.

An octree option has been added for hexcore cell generation. This option will result in faster hexcore mesh
generation but does not support hexcore generation up to boundaries.

The Inverse Orthogonal Quality measure has been added.

New scripting commands are available for marking faces; improving and remeshing boundary faces; and
connecting overlapped face zones.

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Chapter 3: Text Command List Changes in Fluent Meshing 18.0
Changes to the text command lists are classified as either Modified or New; where a modified command
refers to either a changed behavior or a deleted command, and a new command is one that did not
exist in previous versions of Fluent Meshing.

Details of the text command list changes are tabulated in the following pages:
3.1. Modified Fluent Meshing Text Commands
3.2. New Fluent Meshing Text Commands

3.1. Modified Fluent Meshing Text Commands

Modified text commands appear in the following tables, grouped according by menu.

Table 3.1: Modified Text Commands/Settings for the file/ Menu (p. 5)

Table 3.2: Modified Text Commands/Settings for the report/ Menu (p. 5)

Table 3.1: Modified Text Commands/Settings for the file/ Menu

Text Command Modified Command or Setting

/file/read-multiple-case This command has been removed.

Table 3.2: Modified Text Commands/Settings for the report/ Menu

Text Command Modified Command or Setting

/report/quality-method The inverse-ortho-quality method has
been added.

3.2. New Fluent Meshing Text Commands

Text commands added in the latest release of Fluent Meshing appear in the following tables, grouped
according by menu.

Table 3.3: New Text Commands for the mesh/ Menu (p. 5)

Table 3.3: New Text Commands for the mesh/ Menu

Text Command
/mesh/hexcore/controls/octree-hexcore?

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