ANSYS ICEM CFD Programmers Guide.pdf

ANSYS ICEM CFD Programmer's Guide

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Table of Contents

Conventions for Using This Manual ............................................................................................................ 1

Display Functions ..................................................................................................................................... 31

Cartesian Mesh Editing and Modification Functions ............................................................................. 181

Miscellaneous Mesh Editor Functions .................................................................................................. 183

Output Functions .................................................................................................................................... 185

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Conventions for Using This Manual

To maximize the benefit of this manual, you should download the scripts and case files available on

the ANSYS customer site.

1. Create a folder named Samples in the ANSYS installation directory under ../v190/icemcfd/

2. To access documentation files, go to the documentation area of the customer site.

3. Follow the link labeled Documentation Information on the left side of the screen.

4. Click the link to download the ICEM CFD Programmer’s Guide Files archive.

5. Unzip the archive into the Samples folder created earlier.

In this manual, default arguments for each proc argument, if any, are given in [] brackets.

In addition to the scripting functions described in subsequent chapters, ICEM CFD includes several

output library functions. Descriptions of the output library functions are in your installation directory

in ..\win64_amd\help\library and are summarized below:

• blocking_doc.html: Describes the format and structure for the blocking file (*.blk).

• bocolib.html: The boundary condition library contains routines to access the information in the

• domainlib.html: The domain library contains routines for creating, modifying, and reading inform-

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