3.19. Adding Boundary Types

You can create additional boundaries for your simulation using the Add Boundary Type task. This task can be added to the workflow as many times as you require.

  1. Provide a Name for the new boundary, or use the default name. The default name changes depending on the assigned Boundary Type.

  2. Choose the Boundary Type. Choices include:

    • velocity-inlet

    • pressure-outlet

    • pressure-inlet

    • pressure-far-field

    • mass-flow-inlet

    • mass-flow-outlet

    • outflow

    • symmetry

    • wall

    • internal

  3. Use the list to select an available zone to apply to the boundary.

    Select items in the list, or use the Filter Text option in the drop-down to provide text and/or regular expressions in filtering the list (for example, using *, ?, and []). You can also choose the Use Wildcard option in the drop-down to provide wildcard expressions in filtering the list. When you use either ? or * in your expression, the matching list item(s) are automatically selected in the list. Use ^, |, and & in your expression to indicate boolean operations for NOT, OR, and AND, respectively. See Filtering Lists and Using Wildcards for more information.

  4. Use the Merge the zones? field to determine whether the selected zones are to be merged (the default) or not.

  5. Click Add Boundary Type. The new boundary will appear in the workflow.

    If you need to make adjustments to any of your settings in this task, click Revert and Edit, make your changes and click Update, or click Cancel to cancel your changes.

  6. Once you are satisfied with your changes, proceed to the next step in the workflow.