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TOPO EDGE IS NOT TERMINATED ON VERTEX HM_NODES

hemanth kollipara_20292 · 2025-05-21T21:36:02+00:00

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hemanth kollipara_20292

Hi, I am trying to generate 3d tetra elements on the solid and I am getting this error. although I made sure that all the nodes o

n this edge are associated with the edge line. It is failing to generate 3d elements.
1) what is the reason for this error?
2) How can I overcome this?

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Jason_Craanen

I would assume you have some free edges or overlapping/duplicate elements just by the visual.

https://help.altair.com/hwdesktop/hwx/topics/pre_processing/model_setup/free_edges_find_t.htm?zoom_highlight=edges

hemanth kollipara_20292

Hi i tried finding the free edges but there are none. Later I found that there is some error in the geometry, which occured during the import. I faced this multiple times especially when I try to import geometry in 3dm format. Thanks for the help