Meshing a volume other than vsweep??
Meshing a volume other than vsweep??
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Hiya,
I am a relatively new Ansys Structural user and would like to ask a general question regarding meshing a volume. It is a round shell (like a pipe cut in a 30 degrees pie..if we see from the top of that pipe) with certain thickness having different faces ie the dimensions of the front face (not the circular sides of the pipe)are different than that of the other face of the shell. Till now I have been using the volume sweep command but now as my geometry is really wierd so would like to know if there are any other options to mesh such a volume.
Thanking you in advance.
I am a relatively new Ansys Structural user and would like to ask a general question regarding meshing a volume. It is a round shell (like a pipe cut in a 30 degrees pie..if we see from the top of that pipe) with certain thickness having different faces ie the dimensions of the front face (not the circular sides of the pipe)are different than that of the other face of the shell. Till now I have been using the volume sweep command but now as my geometry is really wierd so would like to know if there are any other options to mesh such a volume.
Thanking you in advance.





RE: Meshing a volume other than vsweep??
I think the command to use in your case is the simple VMESH, but make sure you set the correct parameters prior to this command using MSHKEY and MSHAPE. If you need to have a free mesh (structural analysis) you'll need to use either element 92 or 186 (recommend that you use 186 if your work involves any non-linearities). You still might be able to map mesh the volume (see the MSHKEY command) if you chop the geometry up correctly.
Best of luck,
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RE: Meshing a volume other than vsweep??