Good day,
I have done some more investigation. I tried a simpler model as suggested. I was able to upload it. You were right, EVERY face and EVERY volume must be in a group. You can have multiple different faces in one group. As long as every face and volume is accounted for in a group.
I made a solid cylinder in Salome and exported three .med files. First file had each face in their own group, and the volume in one group. The second file had the top face in its own group, but the bottom and side in the same group, and the volume again in one group. The third file, I deleted the top face group (so now it was not in any group) but kept the rest the same. The third file is the only one that did not import. It through the following error: The mesh is invalid please contact support.
If possible, maybe modify the documentation page to make that clear. It gives the impression that you only need to include the faces to which you will apply boundary conditions. In reality, you need to have every face in a group.
Now, about my actual model. I still cannot get it to upload. I believe it has something to do with the fact that my shaft is a partitioned body (Salome calls it a CompSolid). My Comp Solid has internal faces. Even when the internal faces are included in groups in the .med file, I get the following error: The imported mesh contains a face that is not attached any region.
I only have two groups of faces. I have tried a single group of all faces (also did not work). Without a log file, I cannot identify which face(s) is(are) the issue.
Instead of fighting with SimScales import, does anyone have any suggestions on how to do an extrude 3D mesh (similar to the image below) while keeping the faces partitioned so I can apply my complex loading scenario? In Salome or SimScale mesher. Salome requires a constant solid body with no face cuts to use the extrusion 3D algorithm. I’ve tried a bunch of combos of Salome’s following tools: build, partition, explode, remove internal faces, glue, etc.
I’ve been trying to answer this post for a bit now, but I keep getting an error that I cannot embed media in the post. The images I reference are in the drive link I uploaded earlier.
Best,
Adam