Connector automation for 3D holes in Flanges

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

Hello All,

 

I have 2 flanges having co-linear holes...i want to create rbe2 in holes and connect these rbe2 for  co linear holes with beam...

by selecting the 2 0r more flanges..these connection should be created....

 

how can i do this?

 

@tinh

@Imoto 

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  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited December 2018

    Hi

    First, find holes on flange, hm_holedetectioninit may help

    Second, find mates of each hole

    3, bind each hole by rbe2

    4, bind 2 rbe2 by beam

  • Pandurang
    Pandurang Altair Community Member
    edited December 2018

    hm_holedetectioninit
    *createmark elems 1 all
    hm_holedetectionsetentities elems 1
    #holes
    # hm_holedetectionsetholeparams hole_shape=31
    #tubes
    hm_holedetectionsettubeparams tube_shape=31 tube_type=0
    hm_holedetectionfindholes 1
    set n [hm_holedetectiongetnumberofholes]
    hm_holedetectionend

     

    using this script ...but not getting single hole...

    i am looking for 3D holes...

     

    am i using right script?

  • Pandurang
    Pandurang Altair Community Member
    edited October 2020
    https://community.altair.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=125648f61b2bd0908017dc61ec4bcb02

    these type of flanges...

     

    using 2017.2..

     

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited December 2018

    Follow that post, then you can make the script

  • vipin_22401
    vipin_22401 Altair Community Member
    edited December 2018

    Hi @Pandurang

     

    Try this if you already have solid elements created. I am not sure about the parameters though, you can change it 

    as per your model.

     

    *createmark elems 1 displayed
    *findholesinit elems 1 3 30 0 0
    *findholessolid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
    *findholesend

  • Pandurang
    Pandurang Altair Community Member
    edited December 2018

    @ tinh....I have made that script its working fine for flange meshing...but now i want to create rbe-beam-rbe connection between colinear holes..

     

    @vipin i know this commands..this only finds out holes..

     

    Thanks for your support guys...

     

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited December 2018
    Altair Forum User said:

    @ tinh....I have made that script its working fine for flange meshing...but now i want to create rbe-beam-rbe connection between colinear holes..

     

    @vipin i know this commands..this only finds out holes..

     

    Thanks for your support guys...

     

     

    You found holes , so you just bind nodes on the holes by rbe2, and then beam

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