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DoubleSidedMembrane
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Embedamembrane(face)fromanAlias/Wavefront(.obj)fileasadoublesidedmembraneinaflowvolume.ixCube410(thesuccessorto
ixForten4000)canexportmembranesas.objfilesandthistutorialdescribeshowtoembedsuchamembraneinaflowvolumereadyforCFD
analysis.

Goals
Inthistutorial,youwilllearnhowto:
Importafaceted(.obj)geometry
Createaxes
Createacylinder
Translateavolume
Embedafaceinavolume
Convertanembeddedfaceintoadoublesidedmembrane

Assumptions
1.YouhaveactivatedtheCaediumBuilderandCaediumExchangeaddonsorCaediumProfessional.
2.YouarefamiliarwithCaediumessentials.
3.YouhavedownloadedtheAlias/Wavefrontfacetfilemembrane.obj.

ImporttheFaceted(.obj)FileintoCaedium
SelecttheFileToolbarandclicktheImportbutton

.SelectGeometryasthefiletypeandnavigatetothelocationofthemembrane.objfile

youdownloaded.Doubleclickonmembrane.objtoimportthemembraneintoCaedium.
Toseetheoutline(edges),rotate(leftclickanddragthemouse)andzoom(rotatethemousewheel)theviewintheViewWindowuntilthe
membraneisintheapproximateorientationshownbelow.

Shadethefacetoconfirmitwasimportedcorrectly.RightclickontheViewWindow(view)background,doubleclicksim>Faces,andthen
selectPropertiesfromthemenu.InthePropertiesPanel,turnofftheTransparentpropertytomakethefacevisible(shaded).

IntheHomeToolbarclicktheUndobutton

torestoretheviewtoonlyedges.

CreateAxes
IntheGeometryToolPalette,selecttheOthers>Axestool.Draganddropitontothelargermembraneedge(edge)intheViewWindow(view).
DoubleclickedgeintheSelectdialogandselectDonetocreateaxes(axes)atthecenteroftheedge.

CreateaCylinderusingAxes
SelecttheVolumes>Cylindertool.InthePropertiesPanel,settheRadiusto30andsettheZHeightto20.PressEnteronthekeyboardto
applythechangestothePropertiesPanel.
Wewantanouterboundaryfortheflowvolumethatliesbeyondtheinfluenceoftheairflowaroundthemembrane,sowesetadiameterof30m,
whichis6xthemembranediameter,andaheightof20m,whichisabout6xtheheightofthemembrane.

DraganddroptheVolumes>Cylindertoolontotheaxes(axes)intheViewWindow(view).SelectDonetocreateacylinder(volume).Inthe

HomeToolbarclicktheFitAllbutton

toseethecylinderintheViewWindow.

TranslatetheCylinder
Totranslatethecylinder(volume)toanewlocationintheViewWindow,selecttheTransforms>Translatetool.InthePropertiesPanelset
Translateto[001].

DragtheTransforms>TranslatetoolanddropitdirectlyontoanedgeofthecylinderintheViewWindow.SelectDonetotranslatethecylinder.

Thisoperationpositionsthebase(ground)ofthecylinder1mbelowthebaseofthemembrane.

SubtracttheMembranefromtheCylinder
SelecttheBooleans>Subtracttool.InthePropertiesPanelturnontheTopologyOnlyproperty.

DraganddroptheBooleans>Subtracttooldirectlyontoanedgeofthecylinder.DoubleclickvolumeintheSelectdialogtoselectthecylinder.
SelectSelect/Deselectfromthemenu,rightclickonaedgeofthemembrane(membrane),andthendoubleclickmembraneintheSelect
dialogtoselectthemembrane.SelectDonetosubtractthemembranefromthecylinderandcreatethevolume(volume_1).

ATopologyOnlyoperationrelatesonlytothewaygeometryisassociatedorconnected,itdoesnotchangetheshapeofthegeometry.Inthis
operationtheTopologyOnlyoptionallowsthecreationofanonmanifoldtopology.

CreateaDoubleSidedMembrane
DraganddroptheFaces>2Sidedtooldirectlyontoanedgeofthemembrane.Doubleclickface_6(previouslymembrane)intheSelectdialog
toselectthemembrane.SelectDonetoconvertthemembraneintoadoublesidedface.Anewvolume(volume_2)thatincludesanewface
(face_6shadow)willreplacetheoriginalvolume(volume_1).
Onlyfacesembeddedinavolumecanbeconvertedtodoublesidedfaces.Alsothedoublesidedconversionmustbethelastconstruction
operationyouperformonthevolume.

Notes
Thecompletegeometrycreatedinthistutorialisavailableasafreedownloadatmembrane.sym.
Seethe"FlowOveraDoubleSidedMembrane"tutorialforaflowsimulationusingthisgeometry.

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