Tank half full

[Mr. Tonci Pirovic 3]

Hi,

I'm trying to model a tentative tank configuration and so far I've managed to simulate movement of the fluid level more or less as I wanted ( only in a wireframe though)...Geometry of the fluid free surface is quite interesting. It's self-adaptive to number of tank sides at current elevation...But to complete the model I need to answer few more questions :huh:

 

1) how to model a solid below the fluid level? The idea is to track the current percent of tank filled in relation to full tank capacity.

2) is there a way to avoid warning masage for projection curve |tank|fluid|level|outerLevel|outerLvl2 , which cannot be generated    above a certain point?

 

thanks in advance,

Tonci

 

 

tank filling.fdbc

[Mr. Claus Abt 14]

Hi Tonci,

 

Very nice example, thank you! I have added two solids. One based on the full tank, one cut at the z-coordinate of your reference point "anchor". The solids can tell you the volume. The bar chart shows you the relative filling grade and the volume itself.

 

Cheers

Claus

tankFillingWithSolid.fdbc

[Mr. Tonci Pirovic 3]

Hi Claus,

 

I've encountered some difficulties reading the file...certain functionality seems to be missing in version I have ( FProjectionCurveObsolete ) so model is only partly evaluated...But anyway, I was able to check new TriMesh definitions...

 

Whow! This postprocessing TriMesh functions are really, really powerful !   

 

Thank you very much for these insights! 

 

Tonci

[Mr. Claus Abt 14]

Sorry Tonci,

I have worked with the new release and we have replaced the projectionCurve and kept the old one as FProjectionCurveObsolete. Happy to see examples like the one you provided.

 

Cheers

Claus