MCE 202 ANSYS Fluent-MATLAB TUI Scripting and Exception Handling Notes

Description

This chapter covers advanced scripting techniques for managing the interaction between MATLAB and ANSYS Fluent via the ANSYS as a Server connection. It details how to handle Fluent's Text User Interface (TUI) commands from within MATLAB, including understanding how Fluent processes default answers. Key concepts include explicitly specifying arguments and forcing Fluent to prompt for missing inputs using the '-?' flag. The resource thoroughly explains how to identify, catch, and manage CORBA exceptions returned by Fluent for incomplete commands in MATLAB. It provides examples of using MATLAB's try-catch blocks to process different exception types, such as Yes-No questions and unquoted string inputs, and demonstrates reissuing commands with necessary clarifications. This material is designed to assist users in creating robust and self-correcting automation scripts for Fluent tasks.