need help with hex meshing

Saket Agarwal_21970
Saket Agarwal_21970 Altair Community Member
edited February 28 in Community Q&A

Hi 

We need help with creating a hex mesh for an assembly. We did not find any good tutorials on altair website. Can someone please help us with this?

Thanks,

Saket Agarwal

Alstom

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  • Jason_Craanen
    Jason_Craanen
    Altair Employee
    edited February 23

    Hello 

    Have you looked on our Youtube site?

    https://www.youtube.com/@AltairHowTo/search?query=hex

    Or our eLearning ?

    https://learn.altair.com/totara/dashboard/ 

    There is a module on Solid meshing.

    https://learn.altair.com/course/view.php?id=262

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  • Saket Agarwal_21970
    Saket Agarwal_21970 Altair Community Member
    edited February 24

    Hi Jason,

    Thank you for the information. I went through the material you sent. It is really good. Thanks so much. I was able to mesh quite a few solids using the examples.

    Although I am having difficulties meshing this solid bar. I split the solid into mappable solids but not able to mesh them. Can you please have a look at it and suggest. 

    I am attaching the step file of the bars.

  • Jason_Craanen
    Jason_Craanen
    Altair Employee
    edited February 26
    Saket Agarwal_21970 said:

    Hi Jason,

    Thank you for the information. I went through the material you sent. It is really good. Thanks so much. I was able to mesh quite a few solids using the examples.

    Although I am having difficulties meshing this solid bar. I split the solid into mappable solids but not able to mesh them. Can you please have a look at it and suggest. 

    I am attaching the step file of the bars.

    That is a tricky area due to the intersecting/conflicting holes. One idea I had is to partition the side hole like this and delete or do not mesh the curved areas. Then you can just mesh the blocky hex elements and morph after

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  • Saket Agarwal_21970
    Saket Agarwal_21970 Altair Community Member
    edited February 26

    Hi Jason,

    I dont know if I completely understand you. But will that not result in a square cut out rather than a circular hole??

     

    Thanks,

    Saket

  • Jason_Craanen
    Jason_Craanen
    Altair Employee
    edited February 26
    Saket Agarwal_21970 said:

    Hi Jason,

    I dont know if I completely understand you. But will that not result in a square cut out rather than a circular hole??

     

    Thanks,

    Saket

    That is why I mentioned you can morph after. 

    But the hex mesh itself should be much easier

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  • Saket Agarwal_21970
    Saket Agarwal_21970 Altair Community Member
    edited February 26

    Ok. I see what you are saying. let me give it a try.

    Thank you for the quick responses and help.

  • Saket Agarwal_21970
    Saket Agarwal_21970 Altair Community Member
    edited February 28

    Hi Jason,

    I have another block which I am not able to hex mesh. Can you please take a look and suggest.

     

    Thanks,

    Saket

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