Project 1 - 2D meshing on the instrumental Panel

Aim:

 To check for the geometrical errors, extract the midsurface of the component, and mesh with the given element quality criteria, and to assign the appropriate thickness to the component.

S.No	Quality Criteria	Value
1	Target/Average length	4
2	Minimum Length	2
3	Maximum Length	6
4	Aspect	3
5	Warpage	15
6	Skewness	45
7	Jacobian	0.7
8	Minimum Quad Angle	45
9	Maximum Quad Angle	135
10	Minimum  Tria Angle	30
11	Maximum Tria Angle	120
10	Tria Percentage	15

Geometry Cleanup:

 

 For this assignment, I am going to get meshing by using the Casting method. So, it needs closed volume. Given geometry is not a closed one. I have created new faces to get the closed geometry. And I have cleared all geometry issues like broken surfaces, triple con issues, etc.

Getting Mid FE:

Mid-FE using the casting method. Topo> Faces > Mid surface> Casting. 

Align Manager:

Align manager stores the data that how the mid-FE is obtained like the data of how the mid surface of a feature is obtained with the options like Middle, Plane, or Offset. By using this data, we are going to correct the mid-FE if it is not proper. To go to align manager

TOPO > FACES > Mid surface > Align manager

Below is final meshed model:

Learning Outcomes:

Learned to mesh using the casting method.

Using align manager to rectify the issues in mid-FE got from Casting

Result:

Achieved the mesh on given IP console using casting and align manager method. Reduced the time by using the casting method.