Week 3 - 2D meshing for sheet metal
- Open the file in ANSA
- Bifurcate the components individually.
- Assign material Property to the components.
- Check for the geometrical defects for the components
- Clear the geometrical errors by clearing triple cons, single cons, hot points, surface tear etc.
- Check for material error and allocate proper property as defined.
- Generate mid surface. (Used manual mid surfacing, using surface off set method)
- Create separate Property id for each component
- Assign thickness and MID to each PID
- Select and add components into PID
- Check for geometrical errors in the mid surfaces created.
- Clear the geometrical errors from the mid surface
- Assign the quality criteria for the meshing
- Assign the min and mix length criteria.
- Enter the length to specify the average distance of the nodes in the grid.
- Generate mesh
- Clean the mesh using available commands such as Macros -Cut, Release, Join; Hot points-Delete, Insert; Perimeter-Number, Length; Grids, Move; Shell Mesh- Regenerate, Smooth; Elements- Split
- Check for the defects if any in the mesh state.