Cut Region

Get an average result from a portion of a plane.

Cut Regions provide an area average of a specified region placed on a plane, iso surface, iso Volume, or volume surface.

Create a Cut Region

1. Select Planes from the Results Tasks in the Ribbon.

2. Select Regions from the ribbon to bring up the Regions dialog.

3. Click Add in the Regions dialog .

4. Select the desired shape of the region from the drop-down menu (circular or rectangular).

5. Click a starting point for the region on a surface, plane, iso surface or iso volume.

   1. Select two more corners to create a rectangular region. Rectangles are created similar to a 3-Point rectangle in CAD.
   2. Select a point on the diameter of a circular region. Circles are created similar to a Center Diameter circle in CAD.

Using Cut Regions

Cut Regions can provide area averages (not Bulk weighted) of the following results. Once a region is created select the results to output and click Calculate.

• Velocity Magnitude

  Note: If a solid is in the region a zero velocity is included in the average. If the plane exceeds the domain, the area outside the domain is not averaged into the calculation.

• Temperature

• Scalar

Units can be modified using the drop-down menu next to the result.