Week_8_Plastic Model_1

OBJECTIVE: The aim is to extract the midsurface and mesh the given component.

PROCEDURE:

• First import the given component into the hypermesh.
• The geometry clean up should not be done on the parent geometry, directly extract the midsurface either by using the midsurface option in geometry module or we can use the offset option in the surface edit option in the geometry module. I have used surface edit using offset manual midsurface has been created.

• After creating the midsurface the geometry cleanup has to be done to create the good meshflow by creating the construction lines which are failing the minimum length criteria by toggling the line in the quickedit panel in the geometry module.

• After doing the geometry cleanup we need to mesh the component, we can either by going part by part or we can do for whole component using the automesh option using the 2D module.

• The quality criteria is set by the given challenge in the preferences and criteria file settings.

• Then check for the failed elements, to correct these failed elements we can use rebuild mesh, automesh or quality index.

• After passing all the quality criteria the assignment of thickness has to be done by seperating the elements using the organise option in tool module.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: I have learned how to create the manual midsurfacing, and also learned how to assign the thickness to particular component.

CONCLUSIONS: The extraction of midsurface, meshing and assiging the thickness to the component has been done.