How to have multiple components in hypermesh?

Moawez Zamir Awan
Moawez Zamir Awan Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi! I am not sure why but when I try to import my geometry from solidworks to optistruct it only shows as a single component geometry while in Ansys it shows as different parts. I want to know how can I have multiple components in optistruct? I am performing size optimization so I need to assign different properties and thickness to different parts of the model. I am attaching my geometry here hoping someone can guide me. Thanks!

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  • Simon Križnik
    Simon Križnik Altair Community Member
    edited May 2020

    Hi,

     

    import geometry>solidworks>split components by>part (default is body)

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>import.jpg

    Try other formats and/or import options if the issue is not resolved.

  • Moawez Zamir Awan
    Moawez Zamir Awan Altair Community Member
    edited May 2020

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>1968924847_Screenshot(171).thumb.png.2e5004f9e2787f901ce287d9463054ac.png

     

     

    Thanks for your reply. For some reason I am not getting the same options as shown in the photo you posted. Please let me know whats the issue. Thanks!

  • Simon Križnik
    Simon Križnik Altair Community Member
    edited May 2020

    There are differences in available options as you are using version 13.0 and I'm using version 2019.1- upgrading to a newer version is suggested. 

     

    I see the split component by body/part option is available at your end, but they are grayed out. This can be expected when importing a part (sldpart file), but not assembly (sldasm file).

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