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■ Create solid geometry.
Model Description:
The purpose of this exercise is to create two solid geometries (an
assembly) and obtain a unified mesh of both parts.
Figure 9.1
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WORKSHOP 9 Solid Meshing Techniques
■ Create curves and project onto the solid box. Poisson’s Ratio: 0.3
OK
■ Extrude planar elements to get solid mesh.
Title: mat_2
Youngs Modulus: 30e6
Poisson’s Ratio: 0.3
OK
Cancel
3. Create three properties. The “Plot” type elements will only be used to
generate a dummy surface mesh. This dummy surface mesh will be used
to generate solid, tetrahedral elements and to extrude into penta
elements.
Model/Property...
Elem/Property Type...
Plane Elements: ● Plot Only
OK
Title: plot
OK
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OK Figure 9.2
Cancel
4. Create a 1 x 1 x 1 box.
Geometry/Solid/Primitives...
Title: box
Surface 1
Material: ● New Solid
OK
Rotate the view with the Left Mouse Button to get an isometric view. Point 2
Point 1
When done:
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WORKSHOP 9 Solid Meshing Techniques
Methods^ Point 9
Locate in Workplane
Curve 14
Center of Arc
X: Y:
0.5 0.5 OK
Start of Arc
X: Y:
0.75 0.5 OK
OK
Angle: 90
Geometry/Surface/Ruled...
OK
From Curve: 14 (newest curve)
Cancel
To Curve: 13 (first curve)
Geometry/Copy/Curve... OK
ID: 13
Geometry/Solid/Extrude...
OK
Material: ● New Solid
OK
Direction: ● Negative
Right Click on screen. To Depth: 0.5
Surface...
Snap to Point
ID: 7 (newly created surface)
In the Vector Locate form, screen-select the following points.
OK
Base: Point 11 (midpoint of arc)
OK
Tip: Point 9 (center point of arc)
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OK Figure 9.6
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WORKSHOP 9 Solid Meshing Techniques
9. Mesh the interface making sure their meshes coincide.
10. Create mesh controls for the solids.
Mesh/Geometry/Surface...
Mesh/Mesh Control/Size on Solid...
(Select the two surfaces at the interface.)
(Select the first extruded solid.)
Entity Selection: +14, +13
Entity Selection: +3
OK
OK
Property: (pulldown) 1..plot
● Tet Meshing
Element Shape: ● All Triangles
OK (use default element size)
OK
Mesh/Mesh Control/Size on Solid...
Zoom in on the mesh to take a closer look. Click the Zoom toolbar button (Select the 1 x 1 x 1 box.)
and drag a box:
Entity Selection: +1
OK
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Draw Workplane
Mesh/Geometry/Solids...
Done
(Select the first extruded solid.)
View/Autoscale <Ctrl+A>
Entity Selection: +3
OK Click the View Style toolbar button.
OK to Update Mesh Sizes?
No
Property: (pulldown) 3..prop_2 Rendered Solid
Uncheck Midside Nodes. Click the Quick Options toolbar button or <Ctrl+Q>.
Midside Nodes
OK
Turn off Node.
NOTE: When meshing solids with plate elements on the faces, the solid
mesher will automatically match tet-elements to the triangular face Node
elements.
Geometry Off
12. Check for coincident nodes and merge them.
Done
Tools/Check/Coincident Nodes...
Select All
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Figure 9.9
File/Save As...
Filename: solid_mesh
Save
File/Save
File/Exit