enclosing a mesh

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

how do  we enclose a mesh and what does the error ' xxx elements are outside of mesh volume and discarded' while doing a tetramesh??

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  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited January 2017

    could you share us hm file for better understanding?Check for T-joints  & duplicate elements.

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2017

    Hi Jahnavi,

     

    The mesh is enclosed when there are no free nodes. Check if there are any free nodes in your model using equivalence option. If there are free nodes try to connect to the adjacent nodes. 

     

    Not sure about the error message, but do you have any 2D elements?

     

    if possible can you share the entire error message?

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited November 2020

    while doing tetramesh only 0 nodes and 2 elements are formed for solid model which one is preferred volume tetramesh or tetramesh??

    Unable to find an attachment - read this blog

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2017

    can u pls help me in this

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2017

    Jahnavi,

     

    To use volume tetra you need a close volume geometry. 

     

    I think you have 2D elements in your model which you are using for tetra mesh and these elements are causing the problem. 

     

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