Loading the Starting File and Generating the Mesh

To set up the STAR-CCM+ simulation, load the starting simulation supplied and generate the volume mesh.

Due to the size of the simulation, you are advised to launch this tutorial in parallel mode on, for example, 4 cores.

  1. Launch Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and select File > Load.
  2. In the Load a File dialog:
    1. Set Process Options to Parallel on Local Host and Compute Processes to 4 or more—depending on the configuration of the machine that you are using.
    2. Click Browse.
    3. In the Open dialog, navigate to the motion folder of the downloaded tutorial files and select the file fan_start.sim.
    4. Click Open, then OK.
To generate the mesh:
  1. From the main toolbar, select Mesh > Generate Volume Mesh.
  2. To view the mesh, create a Mesh scene.
  3. Save the simulation as fan_mrf.sim.