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Hypermesh connecting meshes

Hypermesh connecting meshes

Hypermesh connecting meshes

(OP)
Hi,

I've been working with Hypermesh for 1 week and need some help. I've got some problems with connecting the created meshes for the calculation. I have drawn and meshed the parts I needed and put the boundary conditions and forces on different elements. When I simulated the results in hyperview the part with the force is gone and the other parts have no displacement so I think they arent connected. The meched surfaces don't touch each other but the thickness of the meched surfaces should exactely touch.
Which commands do I have to use for connecting the parts.

Many thanks.

RE: Hypermesh connecting meshes

The Edges panel on the Tools page is the easiest way to check for disconnected elements and merge coincident/detached nodes:
1) In the edges panel, select the components or elements you suspect have detached elements
2) Click find edges to draw red line (plotel) elements at the edges of the model.  If you see a red line going through the middle of your model you have disconnected elements
3) Set the tolerance smaller than your smallest element size
4) Click Preview Equiv to see which nodes HyperMesh plans to equivalence.  Make sure these nodes are on the red line elements otherwise you will collapse parts of your model.
5) Click Equivalence to combine the nodes and Preview Equiv again to verify the model is now correct.

Regards,
Ben

RE: Hypermesh connecting meshes

Ben's post probably covers it for you but another useful tool is Replace.

Look under 2D/Replace/node with node...

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