This section discusses the use of BladeEditor’s ExportPoints feature for cases involving splitter blades and/or multiple bladerows. Note that native BladeEditor blades (blades that were produced by BladeEditor’s Blade or Splitter feature, without subsequent modification) can be sent to TurboGrid (via a connection to the Turbo Mesh cell) without using an ExportPoints feature.
Each ExportPoints feature in BladeEditor defines a single blade, is associated with a FlowPath, and has a Bladerow Number. To model a series of consecutive bladerows in a turbomachine, you should define a series of ExportPoints features associated with the same FlowPath feature, with Bladerow Numbers in numerical order (lowest number at the inlet end of the machine). By using the same FlowPath number:
You have access to the Turbo Mesh cell properties that collectively control the position of the inlet and outlet ends of each bladerow: Inlet Position Method, Upstream Bladerow Number, Outlet Position Method, Downstream Bladerow Number.
The machine is eligible to be analyzed by Vista TF. For help on Vista TF, see Vista TF User's Guide.
If you want a given bladerow to contain more than one blade geometry (for example, main blades with splitter blades), create one ExportPoints feature for each unique blade in the bladerow, with each ExportPoints feature based on the same FlowPath and given the same Bladerow Number. When more than one ExportPoints feature matches the FlowPath and Bladerow Number criteria set in the Turbo Mesh cell properties, Ansys TurboGrid will create a bladerow with splitter blades.