ANSYS FLUENT Tutorial Guide

Figure 1.6 Creating the Arc Profile
d. Create the path:
i. On the Modeling tab select XYPlane, then click the New Sketch icon and then the Generate
button to create a new sketch based on the XYPlane.
ii. On the Sketching tab, open the Settings toolbox, select Grid, and enable the Show in 2D
and the Snap options.
iii. Set Major Grid Spacing to 1 inch and Minor-Steps per Major to 2.
¡ inches), ( = ¢ inches,
£ inches) for the horizontal line and ( = ¤ inches, = ¥ ¦
§ for the vertical line.
iv. In the Draw toolbox, select Line to draw two straight lines on the sketch. For reference, the
coordinates of the endpoints of the lines are ( = − inches, = −
= −
= inches)
inches), ( = inches,
¨ inches, = © inches to select one of the end points of
v. In the Draw toolbox, select Arc by Center and click once on the origin (center of the arc).
Now click once on the point =
the arc. With the mouse unclicked, move the mouse around to the other end point
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