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Can not see/open .step-files in Simulation CFD

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 11:56:20 GMT

Hello,

i have a rather strange problem with Simulation CFD. I can not see any .step or .stp files I created with FreeCAD and want to load in Sim CFD 2015.

I already tried to re-install SimCFD and my Windows several times. I don't get any license errors or anything.

Can someone help?

Re: Can not see/open .step-files in Simulation CFD

Jon.Wilde — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:35:40 GMT

Hi,

Might you be able to post one of these files for us to test?

Are you going to 'new' within CFD to import the file?

Thanks,

Jon

Re: Can not see/open .step-files in Simulation CFD

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:31:42 GMT

Hi Jon,

thanks for your quick reply. I kinda solved the problem by loading the .step files into Inventor and saving it as a .sat file there. Then again loading this into Sim CFD which worked for me. I could'nt see the .step files but i can see .sat files, so i'm working with that for now.

Cheers,

Clemens

Re: Can not see/open .step-files in Simulation CFD

pmenzies10 — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:00:30 GMT

Hi Clemens,

Always a good choice when CAD is doing the unexpected. But I would like to ask - Are you on the latest build of Simulation CFD 2015? You can check by use the Help_About pull down menu. It should show version 15.2. In this version, your model loads with 17 parts. It looks like it will be a fun analysis to run.

Thanks,

Peggy

Re: Can not see/open .step-files in Simulation CFD

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:47:19 GMT

Hey Peggy,

thanks for your reply. 🙂 I checked the version number and actually it gives me build 15.1. Do you know if i can upgrade it via service pack?

-Clemens

Re: Can not see/open .step-files in Simulation CFD

Jon.Wilde — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:39:37 GMT

Simulation CFD SP2