Create a Spatial Field/Table in HM

Burner2k
Burner2k Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

I have a spatial pressure distribution which I want to import as load in to HM. I am aware of Linear Interpolation -> Using File feature but I believe the structure of the File content should be X, Y, Z, Pressure value. 

 

In my case, I have X, Y and Pressure Value but not Z. This is how the load values came...Is there anyway I can create an elemental or nodal pressure distribution? 

 

Not sure if this is gonna help...in MSC Patran, we used to create a Spatial Fields (essentially a tabular format) using the above and use point out to the Field during Pressure application. I want to do as much pre-processing as possible in HW/HM and hence the question. 

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Answers

  • QuyNguyenDai
    QuyNguyenDai Altair Community Member
    edited August 2019

    You don't have 'Z' so you work on 2D mapping?

    Try to add a constant value as Z-coordinate to fit required format of Hypermesh?

     

  • Burner2k
    Burner2k Altair Community Member
    edited August 2019

    Actually, the values represent pressure distribution on upper & lower aerodynamic surfaces. The surfaces are contoured and have variation in Z.

     

    To be honest, I am not really sure how the above format i.e. the absence of Z coords is handled in Patran Fields, but it does give accurate pressure distribution. I will try to find out but its gonna be hard since the values were generated else where and was told that we are not privy to that info. 

  • Piercarlo Marchegiani
    Piercarlo Marchegiani Altair Community Member
    edited October 2020

    Hi, where you able to solve this problem? I am having the same problem right now. 

     

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