Week 12:Project-1-Meshing of Door Inner Panel Challenge

OBJECTIVE: To Follow the Quality Criteria and mesh the given plastic component and assign thickness to the components.

CAD MODEL IMAGE:

PROCEDURE:

• The given model of the side door plastic is imported by the import model command.

• The given component is divided into six parts for generating mid surface separately.

• Now the first portion of the divided component is moved into a different collector to generate midsurface.

• Now the mid surface of the first portion is extracted through manual midsurfacing method.

• Next, the mid surfaces of the ribs are generated through surface offset method.

• The rib midsurfaces re then attached to the bottom component by extend command.

• Now manual cleanup of the midsurface is done.
• Then, meshing of the portion is done.

• The same procedure is repeated for rest of the portions for mesh generation.

• For ensuring proper mesh flow, the elements are selected and remeshed.
• Then the tria elements are taken care of by split and combine commands.
• Nodes are aligned using align nodes command.
• The elements are projected on to a line or surface by project command.
• The elements are again remeshed to ensure proper mesh flow.
• Now the quality of the mesh is checked by the quality index command. The given quality threshold values are given and the quality of the mesh is evaluated.
• The elements which are failing the given criteria are then corrected by cleanup tools.

• Now check for edges, normals, dependency, and penetration is performed.
• Next collectors are created for the same thickness components. Then the elements are organized into their respective collectors.

• Next properties are created and thickness is assigned to the properties.
• The properties and materials are then assigned to the respective components.

• Thus the meshing of the plastic component and thickness assignment is completed.

FINAL MODEL IMAGE:

RESULTS: Mid-surface generation, mesh generation according to the given criteria and thickness assignment of the given components are successfully completed.