How to select/assign fillet surface for mesh control faster

alpha_21885
alpha_21885 Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi SL experts,

 

Simlab Mesh control is very powerful function to generate good mesh and less dof.

I created many Mesh Control templates but when apply it for new similar CAD geometry, I must select surfaces and assign MC manually again.

May I know if there are any better approaches to do it more automatically or semi-auto? Such as: auto recognize and organize into group with radius information table near by or can show multiple dimensions. Now I have to to many try and errors.

 

Thank you very much.

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  • AlessioLibrandi
    AlessioLibrandi
    Altair Employee
    edited December 2019

    Select a body or a group of surfaces

    Right click

    Choose SELECT FEATURES -> recognize fillets based on radius and put it into groups.

     

    Once you create the groups, you can use mesh controls template based on groups to assign the MC automatically

  • alpha_21885
    alpha_21885 Altair Community Member
    edited December 2019

    Thanks Alessio for your ideas create group and assign group automatically.

    I  usually use SELECT features approach but I am even lazier and I am thinking how to do faster for similar parts. Perhaps AI :)/emoticons/default_smile.png' srcset='/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x' title=':)' width='20' />

  • AlessioLibrandi
    AlessioLibrandi
    Altair Employee
    edited December 2019

    Just record a python macro  which creates groups using Select Features! It's easy!

     

    I attach two tutorials explaining how to record a macro for the automatic creation of groups

    Unable to find an attachment - read this blog