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Exercise: Ansys Hybrid Meshing: Step 1: Open/Import The Model
Exercise: Ansys Hybrid Meshing: Step 1: Open/Import The Model
5. Set the element size to 0.08, toggle elems to current component and click mesh.
3. Click the elems button to bring up the extended selection menu. Choose by
collector.
4. Select the component Second then click select.
5. Choose midside nodes at exact midpoint.
6. Click change order.
Step 11: Associate the components with their ET Type using the
components table.
1. Under the Tools menu, select Component Table.
2. From the Table menu, select Editable.
3. Next to Assign Values: select ET Ref. No., 1-SOLID45.
4. Click the component First in the table then click Set.
5. Click Yes to confirm the change.
6. Change the element type to 2-SOLID95.
7. Click the component Second in the table then click Set.
8. Click Yes to confirm the change.
Step 12: Associate the components with their Real Set Type using the
components table.
9. Next to Assign Values: select Real Set No., 1-SOLID45.
10. Click the component First in the table then click Set.
11. Click Yes to confirm the change.
12. Change the element type to 2-SOLID95.
13. Click the component Second in the table then click Set.
14. Click Yes to confirm the change.
Step 13: Associate the components with their Material using the
components table.
1. Next to Assign Values: select Mat Set No., 1-steel.
2. Hold Shift and select the components First and Second then click Set.
3. Click Yes to confirm the change.
4. Under the Table menu, select Quit.
4. Select the pyramid element at the interface at the lower right hand corner. Click edit.
5.
Note the element ID and the number of node IDs. (This is a 2nd order pyramid
element so it will have 13 node IDs.) An example is shown below:
Element ID:_________
Step 15: Run the Convert to Special 2nd Order Elements Macro.
1. In the Utility browser select the Ansys Tools button.
2. Choose the Convert to Spl. 2nd Order Macro.
3. Select First as the 1st order component and Second and the 2nd order component.
4. Click Apply.
The macro will modify the 2nd order elements to not have midside nodes at the
interface with the 1st order hex elements. These elements will be modified during
export to Ansys and the changes will be reflected in the deck at that time.
5. Click ok once the macro completes and close the macro window.
Step 15 (Optional): Export the deck to Ansys *.cdb format and check the
same element in the exported deck.
1. Under the File menu select Export .
2. Select FE Model as the export type.
3. The File type: is Ansys.
4. If you are in the Ansys profile then the default Ansys template will automatically
loaded.
5. Click the folder next to file to select the location and name of your file.
6. Enter the filename Hybrid_Mesh.cdb.
7. Click Save.
8. Under Export options ensure you are exporting All.
9. Click Apply.
10. Open the cdb file in a text editor.
11. Search for the same element as you noted in step 12.
EN, 260444, 47898, 47899, 47901, 47900, 99338, 99338, 99338, 99338
EMORE,
0,
0,
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3. Click the elems button to bring up the extended selection menu and choose by face.
4. Ensure the dest = is Tria200 and click move.
Step 12: Associate the new components with their ET Type using the
component table.
1. Under the Tools menu, select Component Table.
2. From the Table menu, select Editable.
3. Next to Assign Values: select ET Ref. No., 3-MESH200.
4. Click the component Quad200 in the table then click Set.
5. Click Yes to confirm the change.
6. Change the Et Ref. No. to 4-MESH200.
7. Click the component Tria200 in the table then click Set.
8. Click Yes to confirm the change.
9. Under the Table menu, select Quit.