Volumes

Contents

Volumes#

Volume entities in Flow360 are used to define regions for volume zones, local refinements, and 3D physics models. Flow360 provides six volume types that can be used individually or combined to create complex geometric configurations.

Contents#

Volume Type

Description

Box

Rectangular prism defined by center, size, and orientation

Cylinder

Cylindrical volume defined by axis, radius, and height

Sphere

Spherical volume defined by center and radius

Axisymmetric volume

Body of revolution defined by a profile curve

Custom volume

Volume zone defined by its enclosing surfaces

Seed point volume

Volume zone defined by one or more interior seed points


Note

You can toggle volume visibility by clicking the eye icon that appears when hovering over or selecting the volume.