Imported stl as Geometry or elements?

Jacobier_20601
Jacobier_20601 Altair Community Member
edited January 2023 in Community Q&A

I imported a STL file into heypermesh. When I hides all the geometries, nothing shows up. When I uses "From FE" to create surface, I can use displayed elments. I was so confused about what I have imported. Are those elements or geomtries?

Best Answer

  • PaulAltair
    PaulAltair
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2023 Answer ✓

    STL facets are imported as 'elements' in HM

Answers

  • PaulAltair
    PaulAltair
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2023 Answer ✓

    STL facets are imported as 'elements' in HM

  • Quy Nguyen Dai
    Quy Nguyen Dai Altair Community Member
    edited January 2023

    Once imported, you can  build surfaces from the mesh.