Hex mesh of irregular shaped bodies

Natalia_20940
Natalia_20940 Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

You have a set of complex, irregular shaped enclosed surfaces (mitochondria and myofibril inside muscle cell).

You want to mesh these only using solid hex elements using a quite coarse mesh (the geometry can be simplified and smoothened).

How would you go about it?

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  • Koushik Chandrashekhar_21806
    Koushik Chandrashekhar_21806
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2020

    Hi Natalia,

     

    Kindly go through the attached document having guidelines on 3D meshing.

    Unable to find an attachment - read this blog

  • Q.Nguyen-Dai
    Q.Nguyen-Dai Altair Community Member
    edited March 2020
    Altair Forum User said:

    You have a set of complex, irregular shaped enclosed surfaces (mitochondria and myofibril inside muscle cell).

    You want to mesh these only using solid hex elements using a quite coarse mesh (the geometry can be simplified and smoothened).

    How would you go about it?

     

    Depending on your geometry, maybe it's possible, or not. No general rule for this work.

  • Rahul_P1
    Rahul_P1
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2020

    Have you considered simsolid, which can analyse complex geometries like body parts without any need for meshing?

  • Q.Nguyen-Dai
    Q.Nguyen-Dai Altair Community Member
    edited April 2020
    Altair Forum User said:

    Have you considered simsolid, which can analyse complex geometries like body parts without any need for meshing?

     

    I tested alot with SimSolid. It's nice tool for designer, but NOT for FEA Engineer :D/emoticons/default_biggrin.png' srcset='/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x' title=':D' width='20' />

     

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