How to change thickness of a 3D Mesh?
Altair EmployeeHi All,
I have a 3D mesh composed of hex elements of a component that looks like a human rib. How can I change the thickness of this 3D mesh in an effecient way? For example, if want the increased the thickness of this component by 10%, what are some to accomplish this? This mesh does not have any surfaces associated with it.
So far, I have been translating the nodes of the 3D face elements along a vector to increase the thickness and I am curious if there is a better way. Any help will be appreciated!
Cheeres,
Sriram
Answers
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Hi Sriram,
Have you tried HyperMorph module in HyperMesh?
You can try HyperMorph.
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Hi Prakash,
I have not tried HyperMorph. How can I access this? Also, is there a way to accomplish this in Hypermesh?
Sriram
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Sriram,
Goto Tool page>> HyperMorph to access HyperMorph.
There are tutorials available on help for HyperMorph.
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Altair Forum User said:
Hi All,
I have a 3D mesh composed of hex elements of a component that looks like a human rib. How can I change the thickness of this 3D mesh in an effecient way? For example, if want the increased the thickness of this component by 10%, what are some to accomplish this? This mesh does not have any surfaces associated with it.
So far, I have been translating the nodes of the 3D face elements along a vector to increase the thickness and I am curious if there is a better way. Any help will be appreciated!
Cheeres,
Sriram
Could you share a simple model?
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Hi, you can use scale (panel tool>scale) in normal direction of rib, (set scale factor of that direction is 1.01 mean 10%thicker, other factor keep 1.0)
but be sure that normal direction is same as x y z direction of global or created local system
Using Hypermorph is OK also
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