Thanks for your help.
I’m not sure. The Report view just below might be the one you need. I sent a copy of my project, 'test_elbow_1.FCStd', to thschrader and he sent it back to me as 'test_elbow_1_new_cfmesh.FCStd' and 'test_elbow_1_new_gmesh.FCStd'.
As part of my subsequent fiddling, I loaded my original and at least one of thschrader’s modified project files and did some experimenting.
I now realize I should have paid more attention to which was which. Bookkeeping was not on my mind then, but it is now.
Not all is lost from that time, however. I did copy the Report view from then that produced the relevant (I hope) error.
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Starting meshing ...
Part to mesh: Name --> Pad, Label --> Pad, ShapeType --> Solid
CharacteristicLengthMax: 800.0
ElementDimension: 3D
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\LB17\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD\Mod\CfdOF\_TaskPanelCfdMesh.py", line 234, in runMeshProcess
cart_mesh.setup_mesh_case_dir()
File "C:\Users\LB17\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD\Mod\CfdOF\CfdMeshTools.py", line 200, in setup_mesh_case_dir
shutil.rmtree(self.meshCaseDir)
File "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD 0.17\bin\lib\shutil.py", line 261, in rmtree
rmtree(fullname, ignore_errors, onerror)
File "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD 0.17\bin\lib\shutil.py", line 261, in rmtree
rmtree(fullname, ignore_errors, onerror)
File "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD 0.17\bin\lib\shutil.py", line 270, in rmtree
onerror(os.rmdir, path, sys.exc_info())
File "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD 0.17\bin\lib\shutil.py", line 268, in rmtree
os.rmdir(path)
WindowsError: [Error 145] The directory is not empty: 'c:\\users\\lb17\\appdata\\local\\temp\\meshCase\\constant\\polyMesh'
Starting meshing ...
Part to mesh: Name --> Pad, Label --> Pad, ShapeType --> Solid
CharacteristicLengthMax: 800.0
ElementDimension: 3D
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\LB17\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD\Mod\CfdOF\_TaskPanelCfdMesh.py", line 234, in runMeshProcess
cart_mesh.setup_mesh_case_dir()
File "C:\Users\LB17\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD\Mod\CfdOF\CfdMeshTools.py", line 200, in setup_mesh_case_dir
shutil.rmtree(self.meshCaseDir)
File "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD 0.17\bin\lib\shutil.py", line 261, in rmtree
rmtree(fullname, ignore_errors, onerror)
File "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD 0.17\bin\lib\shutil.py", line 270, in rmtree
onerror(os.rmdir, path, sys.exc_info())
File "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD 0.17\bin\lib\shutil.py", line 268, in rmtree
os.rmdir(path)
WindowsError: [Error 145] The directory is not empty: 'c:\\users\\lb17\\appdata\\local\\temp\\meshCase\\constant'
Starting meshing ...
Part to mesh: Name --> Pad, Label --> Pad, ShapeType --> Solid
CharacteristicLengthMax: 800.0
ElementDimension: 3D
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\LB17\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD\Mod\CfdOF\_TaskPanelCfdMesh.py", line 234, in runMeshProcess
cart_mesh.setup_mesh_case_dir()
File "C:\Users\LB17\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD\Mod\CfdOF\CfdMeshTools.py", line 200, in setup_mesh_case_dir
shutil.rmtree(self.meshCaseDir)
File "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD 0.17\bin\lib\shutil.py", line 270, in rmtree
onerror(os.rmdir, path, sys.exc_info())
File "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD 0.17\bin\lib\shutil.py", line 268, in rmtree
os.rmdir(path)
WindowsError: [Error 145] The directory is not empty: 'c:\\users\\lb17\\appdata\\local\\temp\\meshCase'
Save AutoRecovery file: Needed time: 36ms
I used the Input Case Name property with the default value of ‘case’ once, and later with an edited value of ‘case_elbow_1’. At the time I thought I was doing a mesh of my model, but now I see that I was doing a case. At least, I think I see this.
The error msgs in the report above mention a folder named 'meshCase'. This is the mystery folder I was/am wondering about. Where does it come from?
I do not see where the meshing results are saved. Would that be saved as part of the .FCStd file?
And – can a model be meshed more than once? Somewhere in my explorations I got an error message that said only one meshing was allowed. This seems unlikely, so I just chalked it up to something I did wrong.
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I am in the process of starting over with the elbow tutorial. I will pay a lot more attention to bookkeeping this time.
I will rephrase my other questions as I understand this stuff a little better. Fewer problems this time around, hopefully. One things is already better - My model this time is fully constrained.
Meshing is next.
Thanks again.