The model consistency report allow you to run a quick quality check on the geometry you have created and the basic data that has been assigned within the model.
There are two sections to the report:
i) Section A – Consistency checks
This section details any errors within the geometry that require addressing before moving on to any thermal simulations. The main issues that have to be addressed are Intersections, non-planar surfaces and external holes with the latter two issues being of upper most importance. If your model has issue with non-planner surfaces or external holes then you must address these to avoid simulation errors.
ii) Section B – Data assignment
This section lists space data and template assignments.
Each section has toggleable sub-sections which can be included or excluded in the model report:
Including or excluding a section in the report
Setting the check next to the .
The report generated has a header which has a hyperlink to each section:
Report format
The report generated is of HTML format and should be opened automatically by whatever web browser application your system has associated with the html file extension (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, etc). The data is displayed in tabular format wherever possible and hyperlinks are used to navigate to different areas of the document.
Clicking on a space name / ID will hyperlink to a detailed breakdown of the space.
If opened in a text editor the format may appear quite unclear:
Space grouping schemes
Each sub-section of Section A will have a space grouping scheme created containing two groups OK & Problem which will allow you to more easilly repair the errors. For example here we see in this test model that we have 8 intersecting spaces. We can select them instantly by clicking on the Problem space group.
