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Hello,

I am attempting to create a 3D simulation utilizing an air volume and a beam to determine the stress caused by air on the beam.
My concern is how I can import IGES files or create a mesh in ELMER, GID, or GMSH to generate two bodies. I always get only one body, despite the fact that I'm meshing two separate solids.
How could I obtain this?

Thank you!

In GiD you can create a volume for the beam and another volume for the air surrounding it.
Both volumes are connected if they share the same surfaces, otherwise are unconnected.

The generated mesh inherit the topology (connected/unconnected) from its geometric source entities

The geometry can be created in GiD or imported with IGES, STEP, or other of the multiple supported formats, and modified to match the simulation requirements

Follow the menu: Help->Tutorials to start learning GiD
(or the online document: https://gidsimulation.atlassian.net/wik ... M/overview )