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- Figure 1 – Mesh Interface
Purpose:
This interface, often used for generating solid meshes for ALE simulations, can be used to generate solid and shell meshes based on the following geometric forms:
- Cube
- Cylinder
- Sphere
- Surface defined by 4 nodes
Controls:
- Entity: Create mesh for the entity
- (Box_Solid, Box_Shell, 4N-Shell, Sphere_Solid, Sphere_Shell, Cylinder_Solid, Cylinder_Shell)
- Box_Solid, Box_Shell
Region – Use General Selection Interface to get region max and min values
Box – Use Entity Operation Interface to get box max and min values
Call Position Dialog to get minimum point
Call Position Dialog to get maximum point
- X: Enter x-coordinates of minimum and maximum point
- Y: Enter y-coordinates of minimum and maximum point
- Z: Enter z-coordinates of minimum and maximum point
- Nx: Enter number of elements along x
- Ny: Enter number of elements along y
- Nz: Enter number of elements along z
- 4N-Shell
- P1 – Pick node ID for point 1 or enter XYZ coordinates
- P2 – Pick node ID for point 2 or enter XYZ coordinates
- P3 – Pick node ID for point 3 or enter XYZ coordinates
- P4 – Pick node ID for point 4 or enter XYZ coordinates
Call Position Dialog to get point 1-4
- NxNo.:Enter number of elements along x
- NyNo.:Enter number of elements along y
- Sphere_Solid, Sphere_Shell
- Radius: Enter radius of sphere
- Density: Enter density of sphere
Call Position Dialog to get sphere center
- X: Enter x-coordinate of sphere center
- Y: Enter y-coordinate of sphere center
- Z: Enter z-coordinate of sphere center
Call Direction Dialog to get direction 1
Set direction x for 1/-1 (toggles)
Set direction y for 1/-1 (toggles)
Set direction z for 1/-1 (toggles)
Call Direction Dialog to get direction 2
Set direction x for 1/-1 (toggles)
Set direction y for 1/-1 (toggles)
Set direction z for 1/-1 (toggles)
- Cylinder_Solid, Cylinder_Shell
- Radius: Enter cylinder radius
- Length: Enter cylinder length
- Num Ele: Enter number of elements in circumferential direction
- Num Leng: Enter number of elements along the length of the cylinder
Call Position Dialog to get position
- x: Enter coordinate x value
- y: Enter coordinate y value
- z: Enter coordinate z value
Call Direction Dialog to get direction
Set direction x for 1/-1 (toggles)
Set direction y for 1/-1 (toggles)
Set direction z for 1/-1 (toggles)
- Target Name: Enter target part name
- Target PID: Enter target part ID
- Start EID: Enter starting element ID
- Start NID: Enter starting node ID
Create mesh for the entity
Accept the created mesh
Reject the created mesh
Exit meshing interface
