Power Inverter with Conjugate Heat Transfer: Exercise 1—Extracting the Fluid Domain
1. Click > and navigate to the FlowAnalysisModels folder. Click OK.
2. Click > 
Open.
Open.3. From the File Open dialog box, browse to the power_inverter_assembly_creo folder and select powerinverter.asm. Click Open.
4. Click 
in the Graphics toolbar to display the style elements. Select Shading, or 
Shading with Edges.
in the Graphics toolbar to display the style elements. Select Shading, or Shading with Edges.5. Click the Applications tab.
6. Click 
Flow Analysis. The Flow Analysis tab opens.
Flow Analysis. The Flow Analysis tab opens.7. Click 
New Project. The New Project dialog box opens. Enter the name of the project and Click OK.
New Project. The New Project dialog box opens. Enter the name of the project and Click OK.8. Click 
Create Fluid Domain. The Fluid Domain Creation tab opens.
Create Fluid Domain. The Fluid Domain Creation tab opens.9. Click the Openings tab.
10. Click the empty Faces box. The Surface Sets dialog box opens.
11. Press CTRL and select the two surfaces shown below.
12. In the Surface Sets dialog box, click OK
13. Click 
to create the fluid domain.
to create the fluid domain.14. Click 
Select Simulation Domains. The Domain Model Selection box opens.
Select Simulation Domains. The Domain Model Selection box opens.15. In the Domain Model Selection box, select Add fluid domain.
16. In the Model Tree select POWERINVERTER_1_FLUID.PRT.
17. Middle-click to confirm. The fluid domain appears in the Domain Model Selection dialog box under Fluid Components.
18. In the Domain Model Selection box, select Add solid component.
19. In the Model Tree select all the PRT entities with the exception of the parts listed below:
◦ POWERINVERTER_1_FLUID.PRT
◦ POWERINVERTER_2_FLUID_DOMAIN.PRT
◦ POWERINVERTER_3_FLUID_DOMAIN.PRT
◦ POWERINVERTER_4_FLUID_DOMAIN.PRT
◦ POWERINVERTER_1_MERGE_RD.PRT
20. Middle-click to confirm. The fluid domains appear in the Domain Model Selection dialog box under Solid Components.
21. In the Domain Model Selection dialog box click OK. The created fluid and solid domains appear in the Flow Analysis Tree under Domains. The boundary conditions are automatically created. They appear in the Flow Analysis Tree in the Boundary Conditions area under General Boundaries.