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Mesh Generation for SpaceClaim is an add-on module for Thermal Desktop providing a direct port to CRTech SpaceClaim, enhancing the CAD preparation process. Analysts can extend the CAD preparation features in SpaceClaim by meshing surfaces and solids during import into Thermal Desktop, tag surfaces for heat loads, contact conductance, convection, and easily update the mesh if the part geometry changes. Thermal Meshing Historically, thermal analysts have been burdened by having to use structural meshes which are not appropriate for modeling a thermal system. Structural meshes are focused on stress risers in a threaded bolt holes and fillets, both areas which are not of interest thermally. Consequently these meshes are too detailed for system-level thermal studies, and are inappropriate when you add convection or radiation, resulting in thermal models having too much detail and becoming slow to execute. With Mesh Generation for SpaceClaim, you can generate a very coarse mesh if need be, even skipping details that you didnt bother to eliminate using SpaceClaim. Meshes can be locally customized allowing more detail in certain areas, perhaps in a contact conductance zone, or they can be customized by type of mesh. Thermal Desktop and SpaceClaim Integration Being fully integrated with both SpaceClaim and Thermal Desktop, the Mesh Generation addon makes it possible to avoid repetitious tasks because you arent just generating a mesh, you are describing what to do with that mesh and with any thermal nodes and elements that result when the object is meshed and imported into Thermal Desktop. You can associate material properties and optical properties directly in SpaceClaim, allowing thermal capacitances, conductances and radiation attributes to be automatically defined during the mesh import process. You can explain to the program that the bottom of a battery sleeve should be available for thermal contact, for example. Whatever elements are subsequently generated will be automatically included in the contact conductance you have set up in Thermal Desktop.

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Mesh Generation for SpaceClaim

The ability to repair and defeature geometry in SpaceClaim along with the advanced Thermal Mesher allow the creation of meshes appropriate for thermal modeling.

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Mesh Generation for SpaceClaim

In a nutshell, you arent just sending the geometry or the mesh to Thermal Desktop, you are telling the program what to do with it: what it means thermally in your master model. And that means that if a dimension changes, or if you decide you need a different mesh type or density in some region, everything else is retained and ready to run: material and insulation definitions are preserved, and designated zones are ready to reconnect with the rest. It even remembers Thermal Desktop editing operations that will be automatically re-applied to whatever nodes and elements result after the SpaceClaim and Thermal Desktop models are resynchronized. FEAtUREs Thermal Meshing Advanced thermal finite elements for faster solving models Triangular and quadrilateral surface elements Tetrahedral and pyramid solid elements Global and local customizations of both mesh density and type Non-manifold (hybrid 2D/3D) meshes Advanced thermal modeling features for any contacting geometry Matched meshes Merged meshes Control the priority of merged objects SpaceClaim Integration Supports hierarchical parts and assemblies Thermal Model preparation Designate thermal modeling information on the geometry Name thermophysical or optical properties, insulation, thickness, active sides for radiation analysis groups, SINDA submodel assignments, contact or heater zones, convection regions, etc. Thermal Desktop Integration Creates active links between a Thermal Desktop drawing and SpaceClaim drawings Link geometry, a mesh of some or all of that geometry, and other thermal modeling data Establish parametric links between Thermal Desktop symbols and SpaceClaim driving dimensions One-button update of a complete thermal/fluid model if either the mesh or the geometry changes Thermal Desktop Tag Sets are automatically generated and updated Post-mesh editing operations (such as changing node type or setting initial conditions) are saved as scripts for automated updates User definable thermal attributes such as submodels, materials, and surface properties are assigned directly to the geometry in SpaceClaim prior to meshing.

Domains in Mesh Generation for SpaceClaim translate into Thermal Desktop Tag Sets, allowing a surface to be selected for contact conductance, heat transfer, and heat loads. When the geometry changes, the domain remains in place for rapid design changes.

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