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5 Training

Multizone Meshing
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Overview: Multizone Meshing

Pipe model

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Initial Mesh
Import pipe.x_t
Mesh with default
settings
Statistics

Mesh with body

sizing: 5mm
Statistics

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Multizone Source and

Defeaturing
Choose one end part (hide all
others)
Create a default Multizone
method
Slice model and look inside
Define source by 3 faces

Small
elements

Define defeaturing tolerance

Faces top, top,

bottom
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Defeatured

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Mesh Inflation
Inflate holes and outer surfaces
Inflate center extrusion inner and outer
Inflation

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Generation Copies
Select the three end parts (hide all others if you wish to
see only the three)

For multizone method

object

One for each inflation

object

Create three named selections

inflation_1

source_faces

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inflation_2

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Generation Copies
Generate mesh method objects for the other parts
Set Generate
From to
Current
Selection

Activat
e
object
genera
tor

Select the
object in the
outline which
you want to
replicate (in
this situation
MultiZone)
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Select
bodies in
graphics
scene

Set Source
to
source_faces
Set Scope To
to All Entities
By Part

Outcome
from
generation

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Generation Copies
Generate inflation objects for the other parts from each of
the two existing inflation objects
Set Generate
From to
Current
Selection

Activat
e
object
genera
tor

Select the
object in the
outline which
you want to
replicate (in
this situation
Inflation)
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Select
bodies in
graphics
scene

Set Source
to
inflation_1
Set Scope To
to All Entities
By Part

Outcome
from
generation

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Generate Copies
Do of all three mesh method and inflation controls

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Multizone Mesh
Additional work to slice geometry and create virtual
topology and part-by-part meshing can produce a
mostly all hex mesh

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Steps for Pipe Meshing

1. Import pipe geometry (pipe.x_t) into Mechanical
Model system
2. Generate default mesh
3. Create body size of 5 mm and generate mesh
4. Create a default Multizone method for 1 end part
with source of 3 faces source and 2 mm
defeaturing tolerance and generate mesh
5. Create 2 inflation controls with layer = 1, growth =
1, size = 2 mm and generate mesh
6. Create 3 named selections of Multizone sources
faces, inflation for bolt holes and perimeter faces,
and inflation for opening faces
7. Generate copies of mesh controls for other 2 parts
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8. Generate mesh

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Overview: Multizone Meshing

Cylinder model with o-ring mesh

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Generating O-Ring Mesh

Cylinder model (with
side lines)

Default mesh

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Achieving O-Ring Mesh

Multizone method (default settings)

Additional controls:

Body sizing

Mapping

Inflation
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O-ring Mesh

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Steps for Cylinder Meshing

1. Import cylinder geometry (cylinder.x_t) into
Mechanical Model system
2. Generate default mesh
3. Add a Multizone method
4. Add body sizing (10 mm)
5. Add inflation (body, boundary 2 faces, total
thickness, 10, 1, 50 mm)
6. Add mapping (2 faces)
7. Generate mesh

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