Subject: Re: meshing problem Author: Dave Pullman Date: 2002-05-10 09:16:00You say one side is parallel to the x-y plane so you can mesh it with shell63's. If you are using shell63's you can mesh any area in any orientation. There is no requirement for shell63's to be parallel to the x-y plane. The only time I have seen an error such as you have mentioned is when trying to use PlaneXX elements, which are 2-D and are required to be in the x-y plane.
Dave Pullman
Hartzell Propeller
-----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 4:22 PM To: xansys@yahoogroups.com
Hi there,
As you define your problem, i thingk you have the hole in the direction of
sector angle. If that is the case you can sweep mesh the volume, otherwise
there is no way you can sweep mesh it.
I think it is stupid idea to play with qrienting the model just for the sake
of meshing. But, there is a lot of options for area meshing. You can also
use a element called as Unsolved 200 which gives you any kind of element.
But it is available only in ansys56 and higher.
If you need any more help, write back.
prasad.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 1:38 AM
To: xansys@yahoogroups.com
Hi all,
I am meshing a solid sector ( sector with 3rd dimension) One of the side
area of the sector is parallel to global x-y plane so i am able to mesh
it with shell 63 elements which i intend to extrude over the sector. but
it is giving me an error.Its because the sector has a hole making it
complicated.
it says that u shud manually mesh the target
area and then try sweeping. I tried to do so but then it is not able to
mesh that side area as it is not parallel to global x-y. Can it be
possible to rotate the model so that the side gets parallel to x-y
plane and mesh it? then i can revert back and mesh the whole sector
Let me generalize the question asking whether i can align a certain area
of a model to global x-y plane by rotating or some other way?