SimLab - Model Brower - How to Display both Solid & Shell models

RandyH
RandyH Altair Community Member
edited August 2021 in Community Q&A

How do you change the settings to request Solid and Tri elements models to appear in the Model Browser at the same time?  At this time only the Solid Element model is displayed.

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  • Hakan_20716
    Hakan_20716 Altair Community Member
    edited August 2021

    If you make the following selection in the Tet Mesh window, the 2D and 3D mesh will be listed separately.

     

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  • AlessioLibrandi
    AlessioLibrandi
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2021

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  • AlessioLibrandi
    AlessioLibrandi
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2021

    SimLab, differently from HM, does not require to delete the shells once solid elements are created.

    Once Solid elems are created, shells can still be selected (this is very practical for example to define contacts), but will not be exported and can not receive a property.

    If you need both shells and solids, create a shell body on the outer faces. Use the option "duplicate and make shared faces".

  • AlessioLibrandi
    AlessioLibrandi
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2021
    Hakan_20741 said:

    If you make the following selection in the Tet Mesh window, the 2D and 3D mesh will be listed separately.

     

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    Hakan, this is in theory correct but the two bodies will not share the nodes. Please see before how to create shells sharing nodes with the solid body

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