Materials: Supply Fan

In this step, we assign a fan material to blow cooling air through the system.

1. To start, select the fan by left clicking on it:

 

2. Click Edit from the Materials context panel.

3. On the Materials quick edit dialog, select the material type:

  1. In the Type row, click in the right-side column.
  2. Select Internal Fan/Pump.

 

4. From the Name menu, select ComairRotron FlightII 60x25 5000 RPM.

Note: You can expand the dialog by dragging the right-side edge.

5. To set the flow direction at the fan discharge:

  1. Click the popout button on the Flow Direction row.
  2. Click Z.

6. Verify that the flow direction is 0, 0, 1, and click Apply.

Note: If the direction is 0, 0, -1, open the Flow Direction dialog and click -/+ to change the direction.

What it should look like...

7. To verify that the fan material is properly assigned, check the Design Study Bar and the part coloring:

  1. On the Design Study bar, confirm the material assignment for the ComAirRotron FlightII 60x25 5000RPM part.
  2. The fan part should be colored to correspond to the ComAirRotron FlightII 60x25 5000RPM color in the legend.

This is a good time to check the material assignments in the Design Study Bar.

You should save your work now. Click the Save icon from the Quick Access toolbar:

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