Importing the Mesh and Naming the Simulation

Start up STAR-CCM+ in a manner that is appropriate to your working environment and select the New Simulation option from the menu bar.

Continue by importing the mesh and naming the simulation. A three-dimensional hexahedral cell mesh has been prepared for this analysis. The grid has been saved in the .ccm file format which contains all the required cell, vertex and boundary information for the problem geometry.

Select File > Import... from the menu bar. In the Open dialog, navigate to the doc/tutorials/radiation/thermalInsulator subdirectory of your STAR-CCM+ installation directory and select file insulator.ccm.

Click the Open button to start the import. The Import Mesh Options dialog will appear. Select the following options:

Run mesh diagnostics after import

Open geometry scene after import

Ensure that the Don't show this dialog during import option is not selected and then click OK.

STAR-CCM+ will provide feedback on the import process, which will take a few seconds, in the Output window. Two mesh regions named Default_Fluid and Default_Solid will be created in the Regions node representing the grid domain. A geometry scene will be created in the Graphics window.