How to create different materials and properties for the same component?

LIMING LI_21655

My model is divided into four layers from top to bottom, and each layer is a component. Take the top layer as an example, how to create different materials and attribute values for it? Just like the red line.

Q.Nguyen-Dai

LIMING LI_21655 said:

Then manually move the tetra elements to the corresponding component ? I thought there would be some easier ways.

Thanks for your help.

Liming Li

For your case, you have to think about CAD splitting BEFORE meshing. And so you get naturally different components.

Q.Nguyen-Dai

It's so simple: create 3 different components for each layer!

 

Viraj Kulkarni_21218

Liming,

Best option to create different materials and props for your component is ofcourse creating new components and organizing elements into different components. So it is easy to apply properties and materials.

The other option you is called 'direct assignment' of property. Where, you can assign property directly on elements. You can split your geometry better or may be into different solids as well to have more control on element selection. Whatever property is assigned on the component, the direct assignment on element will overwrite it.

 

LIMING LI_21655

Q.Nguyen-Dai said:

It's so simple: create 3 different components for each layer!

 

Then manually move the tetra elements to the corresponding component ? I thought there would be some easier ways.

Thanks for your help.

Liming Li

LIMING LI_21655

Viraj Kulkarni_21218 said:

Liming,

Best option to create different materials and props for your component is ofcourse creating new components and organizing elements into different components. So it is easy to apply properties and materials.

The other option you is called 'direct assignment' of property. Where, you can assign property directly on elements. You can split your geometry better or may be into different solids as well to have more control on element selection. Whatever property is assigned on the component, the direct assignment on element will overwrite it.

 

Hi,

Thanks for your help.

I will take the first method you introduced.

Liming Li

Q.Nguyen-Dai

LIMING LI_21655 said:

Then manually move the tetra elements to the corresponding component ? I thought there would be some easier ways.

Thanks for your help.

Liming Li

For your case, you have to think about CAD splitting BEFORE meshing. And so you get naturally different components.

LIMING LI_21655

Q.Nguyen-Dai said:

For your case, you have to think about CAD splitting BEFORE meshing. And so you get naturally different components.

This should be the most reasonable solution.

Thanks a lot.