How to mesh a part with solid and shell elements?

Emanuele Sorrentino
Emanuele Sorrentino Altair Community Member
edited August 2022 in Community Q&A

I need to create a mesh where the feature 1 is meshed as a solid and the 2 as shell (inside the same part)

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Answers

  • Adriano A. Koga
    Adriano A. Koga
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2022

    you could just extract 'Midsurface' from feature 2, transforming it into a surface, and make sure it is connected to the base solid block. Then create you mesh for the blocks and later a shell mesh for your surface (General 2D mesh).

     

    By making sure your midsurface is connected to the solid, the mesh will be created already sharing the nodes and connection.

  • Emanuele Sorrentino
    Emanuele Sorrentino Altair Community Member
    edited August 2022

    Thank you. How to make sure the surface is connected to the solid?