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Subject: Re: Rhino iges import trouble
Author: Chuck Dinkler chuckd@
Date: 2000-05-04 10:32:00

Nothing is listed for areas or lines- just the keypoints. I believe its the latest rev level, since I'm using at the University. I can get lines to transfer, but my problem is that I have so many digitized points for surfacing. Should I digitize my models using lines rather than points and will this in turn allow me to develop a volume? Thanks for your help, I have to travel to University to try, so my responses to any suggestions take a while.

Regards,
Charles Dinkler
Ohio Medical Instrument Company
Cincinnati, Ohio

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To: xansys
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:26 PM

are you sure the areas are gone ???

type ALIST and see if any areas are defined.....

if so,
you may need to type in /FACET
in order to turn area faceting (filling) back "ON".......
(older versions of ANSYS turn off faceting prior to IGES IN in case there are tessellation errors etc....)
This would be your best way for getting back your areas.... If the areas exist and enclose a leak-free volume, you can use the VA,ALL command to create a volume that could be meshed......

If your areas are really gone, email the XANSYS list again and let us know if you at least have "lines" connecting your keypoints....... do a LLIST or LPLOT , or you can email me directly if you want to enlist the assistance of a consultant/trainer in order to make rapid progress with ANSYS technology........ I have worked with researchers in the past to convert CATSCAN cloud data into models.......
Good luck and regards,

Michael W. Hiller
In2 Solutions, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 7:46 PM
To: xansys

I have digitized vertebral bodies of the spine in Rhino and used many patches to obtain the surface rendering. These turn out to be trimmed surfaces. When performing an iges transfer to Ansys I loose the surface, but I suppose this is understandable. However, the digitized points are reproduced in Ansys as keypoints. I am new to Ansys, can the keypoints be meshed and a volume be generated.

Chuck Dinkler
Ohio Medical Instrument Co.
Cincinnati, Ohio

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