Issues using Cyclic Symmetry

Hi @DaleKramer and @rszoeke,

So, I gave up with the cyclic symmetry. I think I know what is going on and maybe @rszoeke can correct me if I am wrong. As far as I can tell the Cyclic Symmetry boundary condition does not stop the model from rotating about the axis. Normally what I would do is create a local (r, theta, z) coordinate system at the center of rotation and then constrain the side faces to theta=0. Another option to constrain the model would be to apply a boundary condition to a node or point but in WB 2.0 we don’t have this option anymore.

I went back to a quarter model and aligned the side to the global coordinate system and I came up wit the following results.

You can see the Quarter Model Here.

It ran in about 6 minutes.

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