Next the patches must be generated and then the view factors may be calculated. The default settings for Patch Specification are used.
For radiation patch specification the region-wise and boundary-wise radiation patch numbers are by default set to 100% of the number of boundary faces. If we want to customize the number of patches on a boundary this can be done by choosing the appropriate option under Physics Conditions > Custom Patch Specification for the boundary itself and/or the entire region. For this tutorial the default "Use Region Values" is retained.
A message will appear in the status bar above the Properties window when the patch generation is finished. Once the patches have been generated the view factors may be calculated.
A message will appear in the status bar above the Properties window when the view factors calculation is finished.
