Merging Mesh Question

awe901
awe901 Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

So I recently created a mesh of a very complex shape. The shape itself is symmetric on both axes, so I only modeled 1/4 of it. I then duplicated the elements and reflected them a few times to get the full part. But, it looks like the elements are still 'separate'. I could join them with a contact surface, but I'm afraid that may skew my thermal analysis that I'm doing on them. How do I combine these 4 different 'quarters' of my mesh to be one single mesh? Or if there is a way to designate perfect contact for steady state, please let me know.

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  • Simon Križnik
    Simon Križnik Altair Community Member
    edited August 2020

    Hi,

     

    node-to-node connectivity is preferred (tool>edges panel (or F3)>equivalence). Make sure to use proper tolerance.

     


     

    Tie or freeze contact can be used to connect nonmatching mesh. Use auto-contact in the tools>contact browser to automatically create contacts. 

     


     


     

     

  • awe901
    awe901 Altair Community Member
    edited August 2020

    Thank you for the quick reply!

     

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