How to calculate surface area

Objective:

How to calculate the surface area of your implicit body?

How to calculate the surface area of your mesh?

Applies to:

  • Surface Area from Mesh
  • Surface Area from Body
  • Thermal Management

Procedure:

1. Start with the geometry you want to calculate.

2. Add a Surface Area from Body block.

    • Drag and drop the implicit body as input to the Body field
    • Look at the calculated area in the top right of the block. This value is the surface area.

And that’s it! You’ve successfully calculated the surface area of your geometry

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 surface implicit hex how-to surface area thermal management 
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