Adding an example demonstrating Fluent using Python: Fluid flow and …

[ypatel-qa]

…heat transfer in a mixing elbow

[seanpearsonuk]

another option is to create a string variable and assign it different values depending on the platform (or even just the extension part). Can also insert that conditional inline inside the dict instantiation.

[ypatel-qa]

@seanpearsonuk Thank you. I will make the change,

if os.name == "nt":
Part_Name = "mixing_elbow.scdoc"
else:
Part_Name = "mixing_elbow.pmdb"

s.workflow.TaskObject["Import Geometry"].Arguments = dict(
FileName=Part_Name, LengthUnit="in"
)

[akaszynski]

The binary/large files uploaded in this example and contained within this directory will not be easily downloaded when users attempt to download the example as in the mapdl examples:

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The solution for these "extra" files is to use a "downloads" module within this library. See: https://github.com/pyansys/pymapdl/blob/main/src/ansys/mapdl/core/examples/downloads.py

This approach is used by DPF and PyAEDT as well. You can store your "example-data" in the https://github.com/pyansys/example-data repository. I'd recommend creating a pyfluent directory and following the same approach as pyaedt did with nesting subdirectories.

When implemented, this downloads/examples module will look like

from ansys.fluent.core import examples

# note that this method just returns a file path
file_name = examples.download_some_file()

# ... load file

[dnwillia-work]

The binary/large files uploaded in this example and contained within this directory will not be easily downloaded when users attempt to download the example as in the mapdl examples:

Hi Alex, yup, we are planning to do that but for this example we are just trying to get it running at all at the moment.

[mkundu1]

@ypatel-qa The example scripts have been merged with PR #222. You may close this PR.