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Meshing two Solids with identical nodes on the joint surface

Hey guys,

sorry this seems to be a very easy task but I can not handle it. I want to model glue connections with different Young's modules. Therefore I want to create multiple solids and mesh them in a way they are connected to each other.

I import my CAD Data and split the solids but how can I create a mesh which uses the existing nodes of the mesh below? I want it to be a solid map mesh.

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Rahul_P1

merula,

Solid meshing options in Solid map can be used to maintain connectivity between multiple solids.

You can create face elements on the solid elements of one of the solids (tool > faces) and then use these elements in elements to drag in solid map. or if your mapping from the other direction these will be your elements to match.

If you want to use the one volume option then you need to go to geometry > node edit > associate and associate the nodes to the surface of the unmeshed solid, one volume will conform to nodes associated to a surface of the solid selected for meshing.

Rahul_P1

Thanks, the node associate functions works fpr my model but is there an equal oppositum for this action (how to 'deassociate' the nodes from the surface?)

Rahul_P1

merula,

Nodes must be associated to a surface before they can be moved along the surface or used in element smoothing, There should not be a reason to dissociate nodes from a surface,
If you need to use on volume without the nodal pattern you can just associate the same nodes to the original surface this will dissociate the nodes from the existing surface and you can then mesh with new surface mesh and different density etc

Rahul_P1

Perfectly fine. Thanks again!