MACS Interface

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The ICEM-CFD/MACS translator creates a formatted input file necessary to run the MACS solver.

Creating the MACS Input Files

The translator writes the MACS input files using an unstructured domain file and its corresponding boundary conditions file. To create the MACS input file, select the translator "MACS" in the "Output" menu from the ICEM CFD/CAE Manager. After clicking "MACS input" you can specify options for the interface:

• select an existing unstructured domain file (default is hex.unstruct).
• select the existing boundary condition file (default is family_boco).
• specify the names for the MACS input file (default is macs.out).
• specify the scale factor (default is 1.0).

The interface generates the MACS file in the Transfer Shell. You may open a shell window in this directory by selecting the menu items "Utility" and "Transfer Shell". The MACS formatted input file contains the following information:

Nodes information: - nodes ID number
- nodes coordinates (x,y and z)

Elements information: - element ID number
- element type
- number of nodes for this element
- physical ID
- material ID
- all nodes number belonging to this element

B.C information: - b.c. ID number
- number of nodes taged with this b.c.
- all nodes number taged with this b.c.

Limitations

This fonction does not support structured grid.

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