TET OR HEX?

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

hi there,

 

I am working on plastic molded components.

the component attached in this post is initially meshed with tet(2 nd order). Now i have been asked to do the same with hex which i feel is almost impossible considering 'there should be no feature lose and quality has to be maintained'

 

what would you suggest?

 

 

regards

chandru

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited May 2015

    The very first thing to know : not any geometry can work with HEX meshing, mathematically.

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited May 2015
    Altair Forum User said:

    hi there,

     

    I am working on plastic molded components.

    the component attached in this post is initially meshed with tet(2 nd order). Now i have been asked to do the same with hex which i feel is almost impossible considering 'there should be no feature lose and quality has to be maintained'

     

    what would you suggest?

     

     

    regards

    chandru

     

    Hello,

     

    You can switch from Tetra model to Hexa model by Shift+F6 > solid elements , turn to 'split into hexas' , select tetra elements > split

     

    but quality of hexas is not good

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