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Here, the edges of the geometry will be given names so one can assign boundary conditions in Fluent FLUENT in later steps. The left side of the geometry will be called "inlet" and the right side will be called "outlet". The top side of the rectangle will be called "far_field" and the bottom side of the rectangle will be called "plate" as shown in the image below.

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In order to create a named selections selection first (Click) Edge Selection Filter, . Then click on the left side of the rectangle and it should highlight green. Next, right click the left side of the rectangle and choose Create Named Selection as shown below.



Select the left edge and right click and select Create Named Selection. Enter "inlet" and click OK, as shown below.



Now, create named selections for the remaining three sides and name them according to the diagram. Once you have created all four named selections, expand Named Selections and you should see the four named selections, as shown below.

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