a bug in tetra meshing

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

Hello. I have a surface mesh, and I want to mesh the surfaces in 3d tetramesh. but after analyzing the message comes up and it says that:

 

BUG: element connectivity error

 

could any one tell me how to fix this problem?

 

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Answers

  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited August 2017

    This is not a bug.Before converting mesh into tetras, please make sure that the 2d surface mesh should be enclosed.If possible share hm file to check same at our end.

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited November 2020

    this is my file. if you mesh it, I will be appreciate to get the hint from you. thanks alot

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2017

    another thing I should to add is, if you can use only one of the 3 layers and cylinder to mesh. it tell me another error that I could not find the solution.

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2017

    Hello Rahul. I did not get any answer from you.. could you please answer me?

  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited August 2017

    I see all three layers are not connected.I also see one cylinder around three layer.What type of analysis you are going to perform ?

    Do you want tetramesh considering Cylinder and three layer mesh? 

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2017

    yes. it is scaffold of the bone.  and I want to use the volume mesh for fluid analyzes. when I want to mesh only one of layers and the cylinder it again tell me an error that I do not know how to fix it. could you only volume mesh one of layer with the cylinder and tell me my error?

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2017

    one of my problem is I could not change the quality of the layers' mesh because I got this mesh from point clouds and I did not have the surface from them. I tried to sketch the surface from FE for meshing it myself, but the surfaces does not have much quality because of the complexity of the geometry and the meshes. I do not have any more idea. and I will be appreciate if you could help me.

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2017

    also the three layers are not connected because they are imported separately.  also FYI I got the surfaces from an implicit equation..

  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited August 2017

    your shared hm file is too big to handle in my laptop.I see mesh is also very complex.This can also be done in Altair Simlab Preprocessor.Refer below youtube video for same.Also please let me know which option you use to generate tetramesh in Hypermesh?