1.5.1. A) Load or Import a Previously Defined Sector Mesh

These steps show how to load the mesh from a previously saved file:

  1. Start with an empty Simulate Interface. Go to the Workflow tree and click Geometry. This opens the Geometry icon bar in the Editor panel, where you see these icons, as shown in Figure 1.6: Geometry icon bar .

    Figure 1.6: Geometry icon bar

    Geometry icon bar

  2. To import the Sandia engine mesh, click the Import Geometry   icon. In the dialog, pull down and select Body-fitted mesh and then click OK. In the dialog that opens, navigate to the Sandia.fmsh file in the Quick-start_SectorMesh folder, in the location where you saved the downloaded sample files. Uncheck Import surface mesh only (use automatic meshing). Accept defaults.

    Figure 1.7: Mesh import options

    Mesh import options

  3. The imported file displays in the 3D View area, but may not be ideally zoomed or centered. Click the Refit   icon to center and resize the mesh, as shown in Figure 1.8: Imported mesh .

    Figure 1.8: Imported mesh

    Imported mesh

  4. Now you can proceed to defining the parameters in Set Up the Case .