Week 5 Challenge : Surface wrap on Automotive Assembly

Aim/Objective :

To do surface wrap over assembled parts (engine, transmission, and gearbox)

The target length for Wrap = 3mm

Procedure :

• First, the model is loaded onto ANSA
• Unwanted surfaces are deleted without damaging the outer shape of the geometries.
• Single cons are resolved mainly here as it would affect negatively the surface wrapping.
• After cleaning up the geometry from the unwanted surfaces it is then solved.
• The whole three geometries are merged together to form the required system.
• A surface wrapping tool with a constant length of 3mm is chosen from the meshing interface.
• It is then named and the required parts are selected(all) and the run button is pressed to start the surface wrapping

Model :

1. Engine :

2. Gearbox :

3. Transmission :

After performing merge we can now perform surface mesh. But first, we need to delete the excess PID create and can be done by compress and only the required PIDs can be kept.

Go to mesh, Choose wrap under mesh generation. Click and hold on wrap and a drop-down appears. Choose constant length.

Create a new wrap octree and upon double-clicking it a pop-up window appears, where we are required to give mesh parameters.

Click on the Parameters section, enter the mesh length as 3.

Conclusions:

The effective surface wrap is achieved on the given body for a given mesh length of 3mm.