Use this command if any mesh files have been moved or re-created and you want to load the changes into CFX-Pre.
It is possible to import and manipulate many meshes within a CFX-Pre case. In some cases, this can result in a complex set of operations (for example, a single 'blade' mesh may have been imported, and then 30 copies may have been made). In some cases, it is desirable to swap this mesh for one that is much finer, or of better quality. The process of deleting all existing meshes, re-importing the new mesh and then applying the transformations again could be costly. Hence, the mesh reload function enables one or more mesh files to be replaced in a fraction of the time.
Select File > Reload Mesh Files.
The Reload Mesh Files dialog box appears.
Alternatively do either of the following:
Right-click the (high-level) "
Mesh" object in the Outline tree view and select Reload Mesh Files (described in Outline Tree View Shortcut Menu Commands).Right-click a selection of individual meshes from the Outline tree view and select Edit Mesh File Paths and Reload (described in Outline Tree View Shortcut Menu Commands).
Select or clear the check boxes for the loaded mesh files to indicate which files are to be reloaded.
For convenience when handling a large number of meshes, you can click the Select All check box once or twice, as required, to set all of the mesh selection check boxes to the same state. You could, for example, clear all check boxes before selecting some of them.
Optionally edit the File to Load setting for any of the meshes that are to be reloaded.
Ensure that the check box is selected if you want to preserve the names of the existing imported mesh regions while reloading the mesh files.
This only affects region names that were modified by CFX-Pre due to region name conflicts during a prior mesh import. For details, see the note below that mentions the Preserve Existing Names check box.
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Note:
This feature is not required (and is not available) in CFX-Pre launched from Ansys Workbench.
If you want to reload meshes from the same mesh files, you can bypass the Reload Mesh Files dialog box by right-clicking a selection of individual meshes from the Outline tree view and selecting Reload Mesh Files (described in Outline Tree View Shortcut Menu Commands).
When a mesh is first imported, some of the region names specified in the mesh file might conflict with existing region names in CFX-Pre and, if such a conflict exists, then the imported region names are automatically modified by CFX-Pre. If the Preserve Existing Names check box is selected for the reload operation, then these modified region names are retained when the mesh is reloaded, even if the original name conflict has since been eliminated, for example due to another mesh being deleted.