Preprocessing of sheet-metal Hood using hypermesh.

Aim :

2D Meshing the hood component in HYPERWORKS.

Software: Hyperworks.

Procedure :

Firstly import the CAD model to the hypermesh.

Now seperate the hood into different parts.

Then create midsurfaces seperately for every component.

Now cleanup the whole component and set the given criteria and target size.

Then automesh the components one by one.

Starting from hinge meshed it and then reflect it by using reflect in tools.

Now cut the hood outer part into half and then mesh it.

Similarly reflect the outer half by selecting the vectors on the edge of the mesh.

Similarly mesh the inner part and reflect it.

After meshing every component check the quality criteria and solve the errors by using quality index's cleanup tools.

Result: The given hood is been meshed with the given quality criteria.