Week 9-Creation of 1D Connectors Challenge
Creation of 1D Connectors
Aim:
To create a mesh for the give component assembly and then create connectors for mesh according to the given connection & quality criteria with element size of 5 units.
Procedures:
The geometry file is imported and saved as .hm file and the models in the figure will undergo the following process given below,
1.Geometry Cleanup
The model is checked for any geometry irregularities and corrected using quick edit, edge edit and autocleanup post which the geometry can be ready for creating a midsurface.
2.Material Assigning
The material is created and assigned for components.
3.Property Assigning
The property is created for the all three models and assigned for components.
4.Quality criteria
The quality for the model is as follows,
As per the requirements the quality of the mesh is set and corrected accordingly.
5.2D automesh
Aftet Geometry cleanup the model is meshed using the "automesh>surfs>size and bias>element size(5)>mesh type(Quads)>elemnt to surface>mesh" command in
2D module is used to mesh the surfaces with 5mm element size.
6.Mesh Rebuild
Following that the mesh is rebuit using the "rebuild mesh>elems>dispalyed>rebuild" command in the 2D module.
7.Elements Check
The element quality is checked by using the 'elem cleanup' and 'qualityindex' in the 2D module as shown in the figure,
8.Elements Edit
In the 2D module the elements are edited according to the quality by using the cleanup tools in the 'qualityindex' with respect to the quality criteria.
9. Connectors
The Connections are created using 2D > Connectors > Seam/Rigid/Bolt as follows,
As per the requirements the connectors are created on mesh accordingly.
Final Component:
After completing process 1 to 9 in the procedures the final models appearance is illustrated in the figures below,
Learning Outcomes:
In this project I learned to create manual connectors creation for the 2D mesh with appropriate connections & quality criteria and I learned the use the tools in the connectors in 2D module of the Hypermesh.
Conclusion:
The 1D-connectors for given assembly is created and meshed with appropriate quality criteria as mentioned in the project.