MFBUCKET

MFBUCKET, Key, Value
Turns a bucket search on or off.

Compatible Products: – | – | – | Enterprise | Ent PP | Ent Solver | –

Key

Bucket search key:

ON

 — 

Activates a bucket search (default).

OFF

 — 

Deactivates a bucket search. A global search is then activated.

Value

Scaling factor (%) used to determine the number of buckets for a bucket search. Defaults to 50%.

Notes

A bucket search will more efficiently compute the mapping of surface and volumetric interpolation data across field interfaces (flagged by the FSIN label using SF, SFA, SFE, or SFL or the FVIN label using BFE).

The number of buckets used to partition a flagged interface is equal to the scaling factor (%) times the total number of interface elements. For example, for the default scaling factor of 50% and a 10,000 element interface, 5,000 buckets are used.

This command is also valid in PREP7.

See Multi-field Commands in the Coupled-Field Analysis Guide for a list of all ANSYS Multi-field solver commands and their availability for MFS and MFX analyses.

Distributed ANSYS Restriction This command is not supported in Distributed ANSYS.

Product Restrictions

ANSYS Mechanical allows MFX analyses but not MFS analyses. ANSYS Multiphysics allows both MFS and MFX analyses.

Menu Paths

Main Menu>Preprocessor>Multi-field Set Up>MFS-Single Code>Setup>Global
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Multi-field Set Up>MFX-ANSYS/CFX>Advanced Set Up>Mapping
Main Menu>Solution>Multi-field Set Up>MFS-Single Code>Setup>Global
Main Menu>Solution>Multi-field Set Up>MFX-ANSYS/CFX>Advanced Set Up>Mapping

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