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MLMatthew Langford26/10/2021

I am using SW 2021 SP4.1 and have spent all day trying to import pressure loads from a Flow Simulation run into a Static FEA simulation. The CFD run and FEA run both exist within the same configuration of the same .sldprt file, using the same solid bodies. But no matter what I do, plotting the imported 'External Loads' yields pressures of zero everywhere (even though surface plots of pressure within Flow Simulation show the correct loads). There are no error messages, it imports the reference pressure and iteration number correctly within the 'Flow/thermal effects' tab, but plotting the pressure load yields a constant value of zero everywhere. It doesn't matter if I plot nodal values or elemental values, inner or outer shell, select 'Legacy' on the import screen; zero pressure everywhere. Running the simulation with only these loads fails with a 'Prescribe loads or displacements' error. Anyone actually get this feature to work? Thanks


EDIT: The resolution is Flow Simulation->Tool->Export to Simulation. Which I always forget about, since there is no reference to this requirement in the documentation for 'Flow/Thermal Effects' for Simulation. Also, why does it let you import an .fld file where this command has not been run? It seems like a check with a message saying 'Run Export to Simulation before import' would save users a lot of confusion.