How to connect two components?

George Gow
George Gow Altair Community Member
edited April 2022 in Community Q&A

Hi,

I am trying to conduct a static analysis of a trolley as shown in the attached picture. The handle and the base have different thicknesses so I have split them into two separate components. How do I fix those two components together so that they behave as one but are able to have separate thicknesses?

Thanks.

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  • Adriano A. Koga
    Adriano A. Koga
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2022 Answer ✓

    you can use the 'organize' tool to move the selected elements into another component.

     

    If you meshed the geometry all combined from the beginning, your mesh will already be connected, and by moving the elements to another component won't change connectivity.

     

    If, for some reason, you have disconnected nodes (but close enough), you can use the 'edges' verification, and use 'equivalence' to merge nodes within the predefined tolerance.

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  • Adriano A. Koga
    Adriano A. Koga
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2022 Answer ✓

    you can use the 'organize' tool to move the selected elements into another component.

     

    If you meshed the geometry all combined from the beginning, your mesh will already be connected, and by moving the elements to another component won't change connectivity.

     

    If, for some reason, you have disconnected nodes (but close enough), you can use the 'edges' verification, and use 'equivalence' to merge nodes within the predefined tolerance.

  • George Gow
    George Gow Altair Community Member
    edited March 2022
    Adriano A. Koga_21884 said:

    you can use the 'organize' tool to move the selected elements into another component.

     

    If you meshed the geometry all combined from the beginning, your mesh will already be connected, and by moving the elements to another component won't change connectivity.

     

    If, for some reason, you have disconnected nodes (but close enough), you can use the 'edges' verification, and use 'equivalence' to merge nodes within the predefined tolerance.

    But as properties are assigned to the components would the mesh then not have the same thickness everywhere?

  • Adriano A. Koga
    Adriano A. Koga
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2022
    George Gow said:

    But as properties are assigned to the components would the mesh then not have the same thickness everywhere?

    you will create new components, and new properties/thickness for your elements. That's how you will assign the thicknesses.

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