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Wall Layers in Meshing

knewsomeN8P59 — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:58:46 GMT

Hello all,

I have my model in CFD and I can use surface and edge sizing and all that. My question is how do I make wall layers on it? I have wall layers enabled. In a separate thread, it said they would be created automatically wherever a wall is, but my model is just the fluid volume through a pipe, no model of the pipe itself. I assigned the "walls" (not the inlet and outlet) as Slip/Symmetry BCs. Is it possible to create wall layers without the wall modeled?

Thanks in advance

Re: Wall Layers in Meshing

Radwan-Almsora — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:17:02 GMT

Yes, you can absolutely create wall layers (known as inflation layers) without modeling the solid pipe itself. In Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), modeling just the fluid volume is the standard approach.

However, the reason your wall layers are not generating automatically is due to your boundary condition assignment: inflation layers will not grow on Slip or Symmetry boundaries.

Re: Wall Layers in Meshing

knewsomeN8P59 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:19:49 GMT

What boundary condition should I use then? I don't see a simple "Wall" or "No slip" boundary condition like in ANSYS

Re: Wall Layers in Meshing

obulesub — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:24:42 GMT

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Re: Wall Layers in Meshing

morgann5238 — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:42:41 GMT

Interesting question. My understanding is that wall layers are typically generated on boundaries defined as walls. If the surfaces are assigned as Slip/Symmetry instead of Wall boundary conditions, the mesh may not create boundary layers there. Hopefully someone with CFD meshing experience can confirm the best approach.

Re: Wall Layers in Meshing

obulesub — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:40:05 GMT

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Re: Wall Layers in Meshing

CGBenner — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:34:12 GMT

@chris_smith1

Good morning! Is this topic something that you might have some ideas on? Is this a CFD question, or more of a Fusion modeling question?

Re: Wall Layers in Meshing

chris_smith1 — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:59:41 GMT

@knewsomeN8P59

Hi there! @CGBenner Thanks for tagging me .

Wall layers are generated in CFD as a part of the meshing process.
They will be generated at the edge of any fluid material, regardless if they share a surface with a solid material.

When using the slip/sym BC they are not modeled as part of the fluid domain as the slip/sym bc assumes that there is fluid on the other side of the surface that is moving the same. Essentially, it allows free movement (frictionless) parallel to the surface, but doesn't allow penetration along the surface normal (perpendicular to the surface). If you're using that BC on the edge of the model, no wall layers should be generated, as they would not represent the user-defined conditions.

There is no 'no slip' bc as that is the default behavior.

Let me know if that answers your question or if there is additional explanation I can provide 🙂

Re: Wall Layers in Meshing

knewsomeN8P59 — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:04:09 GMT

Thank you, I am just used to ANSYS where you have to define a "no slip" BC (or maybe you don't and I'm just being redundant on there lol). Thank you!