Mid surface meshing

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

Hello,

I have created the mid surface of sheetmetal plate and have already meshed the mid surface with quad elements. In the geometry tab, I was able to give thickness to mid surface geometry. How can I apply the thickness to the elements in the mid surface mesh? 

 

Thanks and regards!

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  • Simon Križnik
    Simon Križnik Altair Community Member
    edited January 2020

    Hi,

     

    what 'geometry tab' are you referring to? Thickness is defined in the property that is assigned to the component. 

  • Endeavor
    Endeavor Altair Community Member
    edited January 2020

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    I meant this Geom as geometry tab. Thanks for your input.

     

    Now, I have created the property with respective thickness and assigned it to the component. Could you please tell me, if there is any way I can check whether the thickness has been assigned to the mesh elements? I do not see the 3D representation option in Hypermesh!

  • Simon Križnik
    Simon Križnik Altair Community Member
    edited January 2020

    There are probably many methods to check the thickness assigned to elements. Display By Thickness:

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

    You can also use the visualization toolbar (View>toolbars>Visualization) for the 3D representation.

  • Endeavor
    Endeavor Altair Community Member
    edited January 2020

    Thanks for the help! It worked :)/emoticons/default_smile.png' srcset='/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x' title=':)' width='20' />

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