how to mesh the body frame of bus

Altair Forum User

Hello everyone! I'm want to mesh the body frame of bus ,like the attachment. can anyone tell me how to do that? or give  some materials for me . Thanks in advance!

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Altair Forum User

HI,

For a bus structure shell elements are normally used. If you are new to meshing, please go through the online Help where many tutorials are available on meshing.

Also you can go through https://altairuniversity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2Dmeshing.pdf which covers in detail on 2D meshing.

Altair Forum User

Altair Forum User said:

HI,

For a bus structure shell elements are normally used. If you are new to meshing, please go through the online Help where many tutorials are available on meshing.

Also you can go through https://altairuniversity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2Dmeshing.pdf which covers in detail on 2D meshing.

Thank you for your reply!

Now, I have create the midsurface, and finish the 2D mesh like picture 1. But how can I do to make the mesh like picture 2? Is it use the 'drag'?

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Altair Forum User

Hi,

For the shell elements you have created now, assign the thickness and visualize the same in 2D element detailed representation so that you can see the elements assigned with thickness.

I doubt whether the second pic is of hexa mesh.

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Rahul Rajan_21763

Yes second picture looks like Hex mesh.This can be done using drag command.