3.7.1 UDF Setup

Before you can edit the UDF template and create your custom UDF for drag, heat transfer or mass transfer coefficient, you must copy the fiber directory to your working directory. The fiber directory contains all of the libraries and support files that are required to compile UDFs for the fiber model and build shared libraries for the architecture that you specify.

UNIX/Linux Systems

Make a local copy of the fiber directory by copying it from the path below to your working directory.

path /ansys_inc/v120/fluent/fluent12.0. $\stackrel{\Downarrow}{x}$ /addons/fiber/

where path is the directory in which you have installed ANSYS FLUENT, and $x$ is replaced by the appropriate number for the release (e.g., 9 for fluent12.0.9).

Windows Systems

1.   Open a Visual Studio .NET DOS prompt.

2.   Make a local copy of the fiber folder (not a symbolic link) by copying it from the folder below to your working folder.

path $\backslash$ ANSYS Inc $\backslash$ v120 $\backslash$ fluent $\backslash$ fluent12.0. $\stackrel{\Downarrow}{x} \backslash$ addons $\backslash$ fiber $\backslash$

where path is the folder in which you have installed ANSYS FLUENT (by default, the path is C: $\backslash$ Program Files), and $x$ is replaced by the appropriate number for the release (e.g., 9 for fluent12.0.9).