How to drag 2D elements to a drill like Hex mesh ?

Rahul_P1
Rahul_P1
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi,
I like to get a 3D Hex mesh between two parallel surfaces ,
this connection should follow a 180% drill line.
The shown 3D mesh was done with
3D --> line drag

How can I get a 3D hex mesh between the two parallel ends with a 180° drill?
(w/o bounding solid/ surfaces, only with a drag line)

Thanks
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P.S. Problem is shown on left side with gap between end - hex and target surface/ mesh

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  • Rahul_P1
    Rahul_P1
    Altair Employee
    edited September 2014

    If I understand correctly you are starting with two parallel surfaces and a 180 degree drill line, you need to create a 3d hex mesh between these two parallel surfaces, on using 3d> line drag you are able to create a solid mesh between the two surfaces but the solid hex mesh does not meet the parallel surface on the other end.

    I would use 3d > solid map > line drag for this purpose and select the parallel surface elements as elements to dragand elements to match.

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    Try it with more than one drill line, and make sure the lines connect the corresponding elements/nodes in both the face elements.

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