Various Methods of Solid Meshing PDF

Workshop
Various Methods Of Solid Meshing
Various Methods Of Solid Meshing 1 Copyright© 2018 MSC Software Corporation

• Workshop Objectives
– Become familiar with creating a Hex8, Hex20, Tet4, and Tet10 mesh.
– Compare the results of the four different linear static analyses, one for each
different type of mesh.
• Software Version
– Patran 2018.0
– MSC Nastran 2018.0
• Files Required
– lug.xmt
• Problem Description
– The same lug geometry will be used to create four different types of
meshed models: a Hex8, a Hex20, a Tet4, and a Tet10.
– The same load and boundary condition (shown in figure 2) will be applied to
each type of meshed model. Pressure on the lug model is spatially
dependent.
– Lug model material: Aluminum with E = 10 x 106 psi and n = 0.3.
– View and compare the results.

Figure 1. Breaking Planes
Breaking Breaking
Planes Planes

Figure 2. Load and Boundary Condition
Hex8
Hex20
All lugs have the same load and b
boundary condition a
a. Pressure load
• Scale factor 1000 b
• Use sinr(T) field with
appropriate coordinate
a
system (cylindrical
coordinate system located
in the center of each lug)
• Load applied on inner left b
face of the hole
b. Fixed right face in three a
degrees of freedom
b
a
Tet4
Tet10

• Suggested Steps
1. Create a new database and name it lug.
2. Import the model geometry called lug.xmt.
3. Rename the group default_group as hex8.
4. Create points that will be used to create several breaking planes shown in
Figure 1.
5. Create two planes that will be used for breaking the solid.
6. Break the solid using the newly created planes.
7. Create group Tet4, and translate (copy) the newly created solids into it,
posting both models. Tet4 solid is translated with direction vector <0 -10 0>.
8. Create group Tet10, and translate the solids into it using a direction vector
of <15 -10 0>.
9. Show the geometry for the three groups.
10.Post just the hex8 group to facilitate the creation of the solids needed for
the creation of hex elements (use IsoMesh).

• Suggested Steps (Cont.)
11.Create points to define two planes at ±45°from the horizontal on the
lower half of the hole on the Hex8 geometry. For each plane, two points will
lie on the boundaries of the hole halfway between the existing vertices. Pick
the third point for each plane such that the plane will lie at a ±45°angle
(shown on Figure 1).
12.Create two ±45°breaking planes.
13.Break the solids using the newly created planes.
14.Create the last point that will be used to create the final breaking plane
(shown on Figure 1).
15.Break the solid one final time using the final breaking plane.
16.Delete the two top solids, and the five planes that were created to break
the bottom solids.
17.Refit the five solids so that they become parametric solids.
18.Mirror the five parametric solids horizontally.
19.Create the group Hex20 and translate the geometry in a direction vector
<15 0 0>.

20.Post all groups (Hex8, Hex20, Tet4, Tet10).
21.Create a cylindrical coordinate system located in the center of the hole of
the Hex8 model. Picking a point that lies on the boundaries of the hole.
22.Mesh solids for the Hex8 and Hex20 group using IsoMesh with global
edge length of 0.5.
23.Create TetMesh for the Tet4 and Tet10 group with global edge length of
0.5.
24.Post all four groups and observe the element free edges.
25.Translate the cylindrical coordinate system for the Hex8 model to the other
remaining models.
26.Create a field with scalar function sinr(‘T) for each pressure loading.
27.Create four pressures, one for each model, using the created fields. Each
pressure should have at a scale factor of 1000. The application region of
the pressure can be seen in Figure 2. Create the constraint on the right
face of all four models (Figure 2).

28.Create an isotropic material for Aluminum with elastic modulus of 10E6
and Poisson’s ratio of 0.3. Apply this property to all solids.
29.Check the load case Default to ensure that all the pressure loads and the
constraints have been included.
30.Run the analysis with MSC Nastran set Solution Type = Linear Static and
Solution Sequence = 101.
31.Attach results file lug.xdb
32.Create a deformation plot for all four models
33.Create a von Mises stress plot for all four models.
34.Create viewports and assign a different model to each viewport, plot the
deformation stress plot for each model and compare results.

Step 1. Create New Database for 3D Lug
a
Create a new database called

lug.db and set the model
preferences:
a. Under the Home tab, click New
from Defaults group.
b. Enter lug for File name. d
c. Click OK.
d. Select Based on Model for
Tolerance.
e. Enter 10.0 for Model e
Dimension.
f. Select
• MSC.Nastran as Analysis f
Code
• Structural as Analysis
Type b c g
g. Click OK.

Step 2. Import the Parasolid .xmt File
Import a Parasolid solid

and change views: b
a. Select File > Import.
b. Select lug.xmt
c
c. Click Apply.
d. Click OK. a
e. Click Iso 1 View.
d
Step 2. Import the Parasolid .xmt File (Cont.)

Step 3. Rename the default_group
a
Rename the default_group to
hex8:
b
a. Select Group > Modify.
b. Click Rename.
c
c. Select default_group
d. Enter hex8 under Rename As.
e. Click OK.
f. Click OK.
d
e
Recall to open the Model Browser

Tree click on Show/Hide Model
Tree which is under the Home tab
in the Model Tree group.

Step 4. Create Points for Plane Creation
Create points that will be used

later to create several breaking f
planes:
a. Under the Geometry tab,
click Select (from Points
group) > Extract.
b. Verify Parametric
Position is set to 0.5.
c. Disable Auto Execute.
d. Click under Curve List and
Shift-click three edges: the
two edges that make up
the outer radius of the
solid, and one of the right
edges as shown in the
figure on the right. b
e. Click Apply.
f. Increase point size by c
clicking the Point Size icon d
under the Home tab in the d
Miscellaneous group.
e

Step 5. Create the First Two Planes
Create two planes that will be

used for breaking the solid: a
click Select (from Planes
group) >3 Points.
c
b. Click in the Point 1 List text
box. Select the first point for
the first plane as shown in e3
the figure. Note, with Auto
Execute on, the mouse focus
changes to the next line
b
automatically.
c. Select the second point as c
shown.
d. Select the third point as d
shown. e1 e2
e. Create a second plane in the
same manner, selecting the
three points labelled as e1,
e2, e3 in the figure.
b d

Step 6. Break Solid
a
Break the solid using the newly created

planes:
b
a. Click Edit from Geometry Actions
group.
b. Select
• Solid as Object c
• Break as Method
c. Select Plane as Option. d
j
d. Disable Auto Execute. Plane 2 e i
e. Select Solid 1 for Solid List.
f. Select Plane 1 for Break Plane List. f j
g. Click Apply.
f Plane 1 g k
h. Click Yes when a message (shown on
the right) appears.
i. Shift-click the lower and upper solids
(Solid 2 and 3) for Solid List
j. Select Plane 2 for Break Plane List.
k. Click Apply.
l. Click Yes.
h
m. Click Refresh graphics. m l

Step 7. Create Group tet4 and Copy Geometry
a
Create group tet4:
a. Select Group > Create.
b. Enter tet4 for New Group
Name.
c. Verify Make Current box is
enable.
d. Click Apply, and then Cancel.
b
c
d d

Step 7. Create Group tet4 and Copy Geometry (Cont.)
translate (copy) the newly created d

solids into the tet4 group:
a. Under the Geometry tab, click
Solid in the Transform group.
b. Enter <0 -10 0> for Direction Group : hex8
Vector.
d. Select all four solids for Solid
List by dragging a box around b
the lug.
e. Click Apply.
Group : tet4

Step 8. Create Group tet10 and Copy Geometry
a
Create group tet10:
a. Select Group > Create.
b. Enter tet10 for New Group
Name.
c. Verify Make Current box is
enable.
d. Click Apply, and then Cancel.
b
c

Step 8. Create Group tet10 and Copy Geometry (Cont.)
c
translate the solids into the tet10
group:
Solid in the Transform group.
Group : hex8
b. Enter <15 -10 0> for
Direction Vector.
c. Select all four solids as shown.
d. Click Apply. b
Group : tet10
c
d

Step 9. Show the Geometry for the Three Groups
b a
View geometry for all three groups:

a. Under the Home tab, click
Front view in the Orientation
group.
b. Click Fit View in the Viewport
group.
Group : hex8
Group : tet4 Group : tet10

Step 10. Post Only the ‘hex8' Group
a
d
c
Post just the hex8 group to

facilitate creation of the solids
needed for creation of hex
elements (to use IsoMesh):
Show/Hide Model Tree in
the Model Tree group.
b. Enable hex8 group only.
c. Click Iso 1 View in the
Orientation group. b
d. Click Fit View in the
Viewport group.
Group : hex8

Step 11. Create More Points for Breaking Planes
Create five points to use to

create several planes:
a. Under the Geometry
tab, click Select (from
Points group) >Extract.
b. Verify Parametric
Position is set to 0.5.
c. For Curve List, shift
select 5 edges: four
edges that make up the
lower half of the lug-hole,
and an edge at the base c
of the solid.
d. Click Apply.
b
c
d

Step 11. Create More Points for Breaking Planes (Cont.)
Create points at the center

of the hole of the lug:
a. Under the Geometry
tab, click Select (from
Points group) >
ArcCenter.
b. Disable Auto Execute.
c. Shift select two of the
c b
edges that bound the c
hole of the lug.
d. Click Apply. d

Step 12. Create Two More Breaking Planes
Create two more planes to use to

break the solids. (With Auto b Point 3 List b Point 2 List
Execute on, the planes will a

automatically be created once all
three points are selected):
click Select (from Planes
group) >3 Points.
b. For the Point 1, 2, and 3 List,
select the three points
labelled b in the figure.
c. For the Point 1, 2, and 3 List
for the next plane, select the b
three points labelled c in the Point 1 List
figure. c
b c

Step 13. Break Solids
a
Break the solids using the newly

created Planes:
click Edit from Geometry
b
Actions group.
b. Select Solid as Object.
c. Click in the Solid List
text box and select the bottom c
left solid. d
d. Click in the Break Plane List
text box and select the plane c h h
at the center of that solid as
shown in the figure. d i ai
e. Click Apply.
f. Click Yes when the message e j
appears.
g. Click Refresh Graphics. g
h. Select the bottom right portion l
of solid
i. Select the breaking plane as
shown in the figure.
j. Click Apply.
k. Click Yes. f
l. Click Refresh Graphics. k
Step 14. Create Final Point and Plane
a
Now create the last point that will
be used to create one more plane:
f g
a. Under the Geometry tab click
Select (from Points group) >
Project. h
b. Disable Auto Execute.
c. Click in the Point List text box
and select the point at the
bottom end of the sloped edge
i
where it intersects with the
base.
d. Click in the Curve List text box
and select the center,
horizontal edge as shown.
e. Click Apply.
f. Click Select (from Planes
b
group) > 3 Points. d c
g. Disable Auto Execute.
d
h. For Point 1 2 & 3 List: select
two points along the base of
e
the solid and the newly h
projected point.
i. Click Apply. c
Step 15. Break Solid
a
Break a solid one final time using the b

recently created plane:
Edit in the Geometry Actions
group.
c
c. Select Plane as Option.
d. Click in the Solid List text box and d
select the solid at the bottom-right, d
Solid 19.
e. Click in the Break Plane List text e
box and select Plane 5.
f
f. Click Apply.
g. Click Yes when message appears.
h. Click Refresh graphics. e

Step 16. Delete Solids and Planes
a
Delete the two top solids as they are not

used for IsoMesh meshing. Delete the five c
planes as they are no longer needed.
Reduce the size of the point markers. b
a. Under the Geometry tab, click Delete
in the Geometry Actions group.
c. Shift select the two top solids as shown c
in the figure.
d. Click Apply. d
e. Click Refresh graphics.
f. Select Plane as Object.
g. Select all five planes, Plane 1:5.
h. Click Apply.
i. Click Refresh Graphics again.
j. Decrease the size of the point markers f
by clicking Point Size from the Misc.
group under the Home tab.
g
e j
h
i

Step 17. Refit Solids
a
Refit the five solids so that they become f

parametric (blue) solids that can be IsoMeshed:
a. Under the Geometry tab, click Edit from
Geometry Actions group.
b
b. Select
• Solid as Object
• Refit as Method
c. Select To TriCubicNet as Option. c
d. Enter 1 for all Refit Parameters.
e. Enable Delete Original Solids.
f. Select the five solids. d
g. Click Yes when the first message appears.
h. Click Yes For All when the second message
appears.
e
f
g
h
Step 17. Refit Solids (Cont.)
b
c
a d
Refit the five solids so that they
become parametric (blue) solids
that can be IsoMeshed (cont.):
Label Control in the Misc.
group.
b. Click Solid to display the
solid labels.
c. Click Label Control again to
turn off the display of the
Labels toolbar.
d. Click Point Size to increase
the size of the point markers.

Step 18. Mirror Solids
a
Finish creating all the

geometry by mirroring the five
parametric solids, producing
a complete parametric model:
a. Under the Geometry tab, b
click Solid in the
Transform group.
b. Select Mirror as Method.
c. Click in the Define Mirror c
Plane Normal text box.
d. Click 3 points for the
plane from Picking
Filters toolbar f
e. Select the 3 points that lie
in the mirror plane as d
shown in the figure (Note:
do NOT hold Shift when g
selecting these points).
Select any 3 points that lie
f. Enable Reverse Solid.
within this plane. This plane will
g. Select all the solids (Solid serve as the mirror plane.
22:26).
e

Step 19. Create Group Hex20 and Copy Geometry
a
Create the group hex20 and translate
(copy) the geometry:
a. Select Create > Group.
d
b. Enter hex20 for New Group Name.
c. Click Apply and then Cancel.
d. Select Translate as Method.
e. Enter <15 0 0> for Direction Vector.
f. Disable Auto Execute.
g. Under Solid List, select all ten solids
from hex8 group to be transferred into
the hex20 group
h. Click Apply.
g e
b
Group : hex8
f
Group : hex20 g
h c c

Step 20. Show the Geometry for All Four Groups
b c
g
e d
Post all groups:
a. Enable all four groups in the Model Browser
Tree.
b. Under the Home tab, click Front view in the f
Orientation group.
c. Click Fit view in the Viewport group.
d. Click Point Size in the Misc. group to reduce
the size of the point markers.
e. Click Label Control.
f. Click Solid to turn off the display of solid labels.
g. Click Label Control again to turn off the display
of the Labels toolbar.
Group : hex8 Group : hex20
a
Group : tet4 Group : tet10

Step 21. Create a Coordinate System
a
d
Point on Plane 1-3

Create a cylindrical coordinate
system for the hex8 model. This
coordinate frame will later be
translated to the other three
models and used to apply a radial f
pressure. Origin
a. Click Iso 1 View.
b. Click Point size.
Point on Axis 3
c. Zoom in on the hex8 model in
the upper left using View e
corners.
d. Under the Geometry tab, click
Select (from Coordinates
group) > 3 Point
e. Select Cylindrical as Type.
f. Select the 3 points as shown.
This is how the
f
c coordinate
system should
b look like for the
hex8 model.

Step 22. IsoMesh Groups Hex8 and Hex20
Post the hex8 group:

a. Enable hex8 group in the
Model Browser Tree and
disable all other groups.

Step 22. IsoMesh Groups Hex8 and Hex20 (Cont.)
a
Mesh solid in the hex8 group using

IsoMesh:
a. Under Meshing tab, click Solid
from Meshers group.
b. Select
• Hex as Elem Shape
• IsoMesh as Mesher
• Hex8 as Topology
b
c. Disable Automatic Calculation. h
d. Enter 0.5 for Global Edge
Length.
e. Click in the Solid List text box and
select all the displayed solids. e
f. Click Apply.
c
Post and mesh solid in the hex20 d
group using Isomesh:
g. Using the Model Browser Tree,
unpost hex8 group and post the
It may be necessary to click
hex20 one.
Refresh Graphics and Fit
h. Select Hex20 as Topology. g view icons when switching
i. Repeat above steps (c through f) from group to group.
for the solid in the hex20 group.
f

Step 22. IsoMesh Groups Hex8 and Hex20 (Cont.)
Hex8
Post the hex8 and hex20 group:
b
a. (hex20 should already be
posted) In the Model Browser
Tree, enable the hex8 group.
b. Click Fit view.
c. Click Node size in the Misc.
group under the Home tab.
c
Hex2
0
a
Note the difference
between the hex8
and hex20 meshes,
namely, the midside
nodes.

Step 23. TetMesh Groups Tet4 and Tet10
Create the final two meshes for
the remaining models. This i
time use TetMesh.
a. In the Model Browser
Tree, enable tet4 group, Tet4
and disable all other
groups.
b. Select e
• Tet as Elem Shape
• TetMesh as Mesher
• Tet4 as Topology
c. Click in the Input List text f b
box and select all the h
displayed solids.
Note the absence
d. Click Assembly
or presence of
Parameters.
Tet10 midside nodes. c
e. Enable Match Parasolid
Faces.
f. Click Close.
g. Click Apply.
h. Repeat steps a through g, d
except post only the tet10 a
group and on the Finite
Element form, set
Topology to Tet10. h
i. Click Node size.
g

Step 24. Equivalence Nodes and Observe Element Free
Edges
d
Post all four groups and observe the element free edges:
a. Select Group > Post.
b. Select all four groups.
c. Click Apply and then Cancel.
d. Under Meshing tab, click Verify from FEM Actions
group.
e. Click Apply (observe that there are free element edges
inside the model. This can be easily remedied by
equivalencing the nodes).
b
e
a e The yellow lines

indicate the element
free edges. Here,
the elements are not
connected.
c c

Step 24. Equivalence Nodes and Observe Element Free
Edges (Cont.)
a
c
Equivalence the nodes:

a. Click Equivalence from FEM Actions
group. It is not necessary to post
b. Click Apply. each group and
Observe element free edges: equivalence each model.
The equivalence “All” action
c. Click Verify from FEM Actions group.
is applied to all 4 models.
d. Click Apply.
e. Observe that there are no longer free
element edges inside the model.
After equivalencing, the

elements are connected
and the only yellow lines
are for the desired free
edges.
d b

Step 25. Copy Coordinate System
In order to create the loads and

boundary conditions, the cylindrical
coordinate system for the hex8
model must be translated to the
remaining models:
Coordinate from Transform
group.
b. Enter <15 0 0> for Direction
Vector.
d. Select Coord 1 for Coordinate b
Frame List.
e. Click Apply.
f. Repeat steps a through e to
create Coord 3 using <0 -10
0> for Direction Vector and
select Coord 1 for Coordinate
Frame List.
g. Repeat steps a through e to c
create Coord 4 using <0 -10
d
0> for Direction Vector and
Coord 2 for Coordinate e
Frame List.

Step 26. Create Fields for Loads/BCs
b
Create a field for each pressure loading:

a. Click Smooth shaded.
b. Under Load/BCs tab, click Create Spatial Function h
from LBC Fields group.
c. Enter sin_pressure_hex8 for Field Name.
d. Select Coord 1 for Coordinate System.
Final form
e. Enter sinr('T) for Scalar Function.
g
f. Click Apply.
g. Create 3 more fields by following steps d through g. c
Refer to the table on the right for the corresponding field
names and coordinate frames.
Field Name Coordinate System

a
sin_pressure_hex8 Coord 1
sin_pressure_hex20 Coord 2
d
sin_pressure_tet4 Coord 3 e
sin_pressure_tet10 Coord 4
There should be four fields total and

each field name should reference a
corresponding coordinate frame (model).
When creating fields, it is not necessary
to post each group separately. f

Step 27. Create Loads and Boundary Conditions
a
For each model create a pressure

load using one of the created
fields: d
a. Under the Loads/BCs tab,
click Pressure from Element e
Uniform group.
b. Enter hex8 for New Set Name.
c. Click Input Data.
d. Enter 1000 under Load/BC Set
Scale Factor.
e. For Pressure, select
sin_pressure_hex8 from
Spatial Fields.
f. Click OK. b
c
f

Step 27. Create Loads and Boundary Conditions (Cont.)
For the hex 8 model, specify the application

region for the pressure:
a. Click Select Application Region.
b. For Select Solid Faces, shift-click the
four faces (as indicated).
c. Click Add.
d. Click OK.
e. Click Apply. b
c
Select these
b four faces for d
the application
region for the
hex8 pressure.
a
e

d
a
Pressure Name Spatial Field
hex8 sin_pressure_hex8
Create the remaining three
pressure loads: b hex20 sin_pressure_hex20
a. Zoom in on each model, For the hex8 and tet4 sin_pressure_tet4

and use the table on the hex20 models, the
tet10 sin_pressure_tet10
right for the pressure names application region
and their corresponding is these four faces.
spatial fields. e
b. For the hex8 and hex20
pressure load application Group : hex8
regions, use the four faces
Group : hex20
as shown in the diagram on
the right.
c. For the tet4 and tet10
pressure load application
regions, use the two faces
as shown in the diagram on Group : tet4
the right. c
d. After all four pressure loads For the tet4 and
are created, click Fit View tet10 modes the Group : tet10
to show all the models. application region
is these two faces
e. The viewport should be
similar to the diagram on
the right.
f. Make sure that for each
model, the pressure is 1000
at π/2.
d
Create a constraint set that is for
all four models:
a. Select Displacement as
Object. i
b. Enter constraint for New
Set Name. h
c. Click Input Data.
d. Enter <0 0 0> for Translations
only.
e. Click OK.
f. Click Select Application
Region. j
g. Click Surface or Face from
Picking Filters toolbar.
b
h. For Select Geometry Entities: e
shift-select the right faces of all
the models (see diagram on g
next page)
i. Click Add. c
j. Click OK. f
k. Click Apply.
k


Step 28. Create Material and Element Properties
a
Create the material property that

will be applied to all models:
a. Under Properties tab, click
Isotropic from Isotropic d
group.
b. Enter Aluminum for Material
Name.
c. Click Input Properties.
d. Enter
• Elastic Modulus = 10e6
• Poisson Ratio = 0.3 b
e. Click OK.
f. Click Apply.
e
f

Step 28. Create Material and Element Properties (Cont.)
a
Create a 3D Solid property and

apply it to all elements:
a. Click Solid from 3D d
Properties group.
b. Enter Solid for Property
Set Name.
c. Click Input Properties.
d. Click Mat Prop Name.
e. Select Aluminum.
f. Click OK.
b
e

Step 28. Create Material and Element Properties (Cont.)
Select the application region for the

element property:
a. Click Select Application Region.
b. For Select Members, select all b
solids
c. Click Add. c
d. Click OK.
e. Click Apply.

Step 29. Check the Load Case
a
Check the load case Default to b

ensure that all the pressure
loads and the constraint have
been included:
d
a. Under Load/BCs tab, click
Create Load Case from
Load Case group.
c
b. Select Show as Action.
c. Click on load case named
Default.
d. Make sure all the loads and
constraints are listed.
e. Click OK. e
Even though there are four disjoint (unrelated)

models in this database, Patran views them as one
model. Nastran will solve the models as one model
as long as each model is correctly defined.

Step 30. Set up and Run the Analysis
a
c
Set up a linear static analysis
and run it by submitting it to
MSC Nastran:
a. Under Analysis tab, click
Entire Model from
Analyze group.
b. Click Solution Type.
c. Select LINEAR STATIC
as Solution Type.
d. Click Solution
Parameters.
d
e. Click Results Output
Format.
f. Verify XDB and Print are
selected.
i
g. Click OK.
h. Click OK. b
i. Click OK. f
e
j. Click Apply.
h
g j

Step 31. Attach the Results
a
Attach the XDB file.

a. Under the Analysis tab, click
XDB from Access Results
group.
b. Click Select Results File. c
c. Select lug.xdb.
d. Click OK.
e. Click Apply.

Step 32. Create a Deformation Plot
a
h
Create a deformation plot of all e
four models. For easy
visualization, uncheck show
undeformed and erase the
geometry: b
a. Under Results tab, click
Deformation from Result
Plots group.
b. Select A1:Static Subcase
under Select Result Cases.
c. Select Displacements,
Transitional.
d. Click Apply.
i f c
e. Click Display Attributes.
f. Disable Show Undeformed
and Show Title.
g. Click Apply.
h. Click Plot/Erase.
j
i. Click Erase under Geometry.
j. Click OK.
g d

Step 32. Create a Deformation Plot (Cont.)

Step 33. Create a von Mises Stress Plot
Here is the deformed shape plotted with the von
Plot the von Mises stress for each of the Mises stress. Note that it is difficult to make
models: comparisons between the models because each
a. Select Fringe as Object. model is referenced to the same color bar.
b. Select Stress Tensor under Select Throughout the next series of steps, each model
Fringe Result. will be assigned to an individual viewport. This
c. Select von Mises as Quantity. will allow easier comparisons between models. a
d. Click Apply.

Step 34. Create and Assign Viewports
e
Modify the current viewport name to hex8: a
a. Select Viewport > Modify.
b. Click Rename.
c. Enter hex8 under Rename As.
j
d. Click OK then Cancel.
Create new viewport for hex20 model:

e. Select Viewport > Create.
b
f. Enter hex20 for New Viewport Name.
g. Click Apply.
c
Create new viewport for other two models d
h. Repeat step f and g, except for the
New viewport Name use tet4 and
tet10.
i. Click Cancel.
j. Select Viewport > Tile.
There should now be four

separate viewports. The next
step will involve posting only one f h
group per viewport.
g i
d

Step 34. Create and Assign Viewports (Cont.)
Unpost the coordinate frames, and
e
assign each model to its
appropriately named viewport:
a. Select Display > Coordinate
Frames.
b. Click Unpost All. b
c. Click OK. a
d. Make the hex8 viewport the
current one by clicking on the
border of it.
e. Select Group > Post. Viewport name c
f. Select only the hex8 group. Group name
g. Click Apply. d
h. Click Fit view.
i. Follow steps d through h for the
remaining viewports, selecting f
each one and posting the i
corresponding group.
j. Click Cancel on the group form.
g j

For each model, show the deformation stress plot:
a. Make hex8 set to current viewport by clicking on its
top border.
b. Select Deformation as Object. b
c. Select Displacements, Transitional.
d. Click Apply. e
e. Select Fringe as Object.
f. Select Stress Tensor.
g. Select von Mises as Quantity.
h. Click Apply.
i. Repeat steps a through h for the remaining
viewports.
h
d

Here is an illustration of the four tiled viewports with the corresponding model and results. Each
model now has its own maximum stress value shown in the bottom right corner of its viewport. Node numbers for tet4
Note the similarity between results for both hex meshes and the tet10 mesh. The tet4 mesh and tet10 may differ
model is the most inaccurate. The TetMesh can be a convenient approach to use because it is from what’s shown.
not necessary to break up the solid into many parts, unlike the IsoMesh technique.

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Import a Parasolid solid

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Recall to open the Model Browser

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Create points that will be used

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Create two planes that will be

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Break the solid using the newly created

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translate (copy) the newly created d

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View geometry for all three groups:

Group : tet4 Group : tet10

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Post just the hex8 group to

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Create five points to use to

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Create points at the center

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Create two more planes to use to

Execute on, the planes will a

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Break the solids using the newly

Break a solid one final time using the b

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Delete the two top solids as they are not

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Refit the five solids so that they become f

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Finish creating all the

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Group : hex8 Group : hex20

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Point on Plane 1-3

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Post the hex8 group:

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Mesh solid in the hex8 group using

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Equivalence the nodes:

After equivalencing, the