Generate Streamlines on Surfaces
Use the Surface Streamlines tool to create streamlines on surfaces with given seeds.
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From the Post ribbon, click the Surface Streamlines
tool.
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Select surfaces on which to generate seeds.
Tip: Click to select surfaces "By Boundaries" or "By Surface Outputs".
- Click Seeds on the guide bar.
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Define the generation method.
- For the random and uniform methods, enter the number of seeds to insert.
- For the manual method, click on the surfaces to insert seed points.
- For any of the seed positioning methods, click on an individual seed point to edit its location.
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Define optional attributes:
- Define the vector variable.
- Define the offset option, which is used to offset the velocity vector and requires an offset distance.
- Optional: Define the offset distance.
- Define the streamline direction.
- Define the display radius.
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Click Calculate to generate streamlines.
A new Surface Streamline entity is added to the Post Browser,
- Define the streamline display properties.
- On the guide bar, click to confirm your selection and remain in the tool or click to confirm your selection and exit the tool.
Animate Surface Streamlines
- Create surface streamline representation(s).
- Once a surface streamline representation is created, right-click on it in the Post Browser and select Animate.
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Use the toolbar at the bottom of the modeling window to
control the animation.
The animation creates a proxy time to sweep through with the min and max automatically computed.
Click to adjust the time steps, select the animation speed, or display vectors only.