CAESES to ANSYS Workbench Boundary Colors Issue

[Praveen 0]

Hello Everyone!
I've been using CAESES to limited success in creating a blade geometry (single blade segment, having three domains: Inlet, Rotor, Outlet).
During creation of BRep solids, the solid color (Fluid volume Named Selections) are transferring to ANSYS Workbench after running the exportSat in Export options, and saving the FSC file.
However, when labeling subsequent BRep face color (boundary Named Selections) and utilizing the same steps for exportSat and writing FSC file, they don't appear in SpaceClaim. 
Steps were taken an double-checked while reading through the ANSYS Workbench Software Connections.
- Is there a character limit that we must be aware of when exporting boundary Named Selections from CAESES?
- Is there a prescribed order of operations to be followed to ensure that all volums and faces are named appropriately?

[Mr. Heinrich von Zadow 9]

Hi Praveen,

how did you label/color the subsequent BRep faces? Have you tried to export and import back to CAESES to verify the colors are there?

Cheers,
Heinrich

 

[Ceyhan Erdem 15]

Hi Praveen,

If you are using SpaceClaim as your default geometry editor in Ansys Workbench, you need to disable the "Use SpaceClaim Color Tones" option. It is mentioned in the CAESES Workbench App Tutorial. Please revise the mentioned tutorial and repeat your process.

Cheers

Ceyhan

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5 hours ago, Mr. Heinrich von Zadow said:

Hi Praveen,

how did you label/color the subsequent BRep faces? Have you tried to export and import back to CAESES to verify the colors are there?

Cheers,
Heinrich

 

Hello Heinrich!
I started by labeling the BRep bodies by clicking on the BRep itself and specifying color names in the Display Options.

 

For the faces, I then proceed by selecting them from the Graphics window. They end up looking like tesselated entities. 
Here's an example of selecting the faces and specifying them as 'Inlet' boundary condition.

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5 hours ago, Ceyhan Erdem said:

Hi Praveen,

If you are using SpaceClaim as your default geometry editor in Ansys Workbench, you need to disable the "Use SpaceClaim Color Tones" option. It is mentioned in the CAESES Workbench App Tutorial. Please revise the mentioned tutorial and repeat your process.

Cheers

Ceyhan

Hello Ceyhan!
Yes I already double-checked that I disabled the ' Use SpaceClaim Color Tones' option in SpaceClaim options. This issue happens even after doing that.

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Attached is the CAESES geometry file for reference

Trial2.cdbc

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6 hours ago, Mr. Heinrich von Zadow said:

Hi Praveen,

how did you label/color the subsequent BRep faces? Have you tried to export and import back to CAESES to verify the colors are there?

Cheers,
Heinrich

 

Heinrich,
To answer the second question.. Yes, after specifying all BRep body and boundary colors, I ran the exportSat export function and then exported a new FSC file.
I then close out of CAESES. 
After opening CAESES and ask it to run the FSC file, CAESES crashes.

[Praveen 0]

Quick update since yesterday:
Good news:

• The BRep bodies are coming in as Body Named Selections into Space Claim.

Still some concerns:

• For InletBod BRep, all face boundaries are also being read into SpaceClaim (Inlet, interface, periodics)
• In the RotorBod BRep however, I do see the right colors come in, but the Named Selection I assigned for those colors aren't populated. For example:
  •  I labeled the BRep face of the blade as 'Blade' colored 'black' in CAESES, and is coming in as so.
  • So is the interface color going out and connecting to the OutletBod BRep. But, again, no Named Selection populated.

Is there a restriction on the kind of color assignation for a boundary face in CAESES which cannot be exported?

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17 minutes ago, Praveen said:

Quick update since yesterday:
Good news:

• The BRep bodies are coming in as Body Named Selections into Space Claim.

Still some concerns:

• For InletBod BRep, all face boundaries are also being read into SpaceClaim (Inlet, interface, periodics)
• In the RotorBod BRep however, I do see the right colors come in, but the Named Selection I assigned for those colors aren't populated. For example:
  •  I labeled the BRep face of the blade as 'Blade' colored 'black' in CAESES, and is coming in as so.
  • So is the interface color going out and connecting to the OutletBod BRep. But, again, no Named Selection populated.

Is there a restriction on the kind of color assignation for a boundary face in CAESES which cannot be exported?

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[Mr. Heinrich von Zadow 9]

Hi Preveen, 
not sure if the problem still persists on your side? Have you chacked the documentation on boundary coloring/naming in CAESES? It should give plenty of information. Generally, there are no limitations on what colors can be exported ot not (except from export formats that do not support coloring). The name exported will always be the name of the color unless you specify a custom export name for that color.

Cheers,
Heinrich

[Praveen 0]

Hello Heinrich!
I believe the problem has been resolved.
The thing is to assign BReps of all the surfaces (inlet, outlet, periodics, hub and shroud, interfaces) and assign colors to the BReps.
I've changed from using the surfaces themselves to using the BReps of these surfaces to perform 'Solids from Intersections'
Also, the Boolean features when creating solids, and creating a BRep color for that operation ensured that the Blade was labeled.
This sequence of operations ensured I' m retaining colors when transferring to ANSYS Workbench.

[Mr. Heinrich von Zadow 9]

Hi Praveen,

thanks for the update, much apprechiated. Indeed, surfaces do not propagate their colors, BReps do. 

Cheers,
Heinrich