FS13-12 MeshModelGeneration SPLM Sherman

Meshing and FE Model Creation
Mark Sherman, Director - FEMAP Product Development
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Agenda
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Who am I?
What you will learn
Femap capabilities
Demonstrations
Benefits of this topic
How to learn more

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Meshing in FEMAP 0D
0D Meshing
Mass Elements
1. Create Mass Property manually
and attach to nodes
2. Use Tools, Mass Properties,
Solid Properties
- Select Solid
- Answer Yes to Ok to create a
representative node and mass
element
- Enter Mass Density

Meshing in FEMAP 1D
1D Meshing
FEMAP Line Elements
Manual Creation
Pick two Nodes Defines X Axis

Node or Vector for Cross-Section
Alignment Defines Y and Z Axes
Reference Point or Vector Offsets to
define relation of Cross Section to
selected Nodes

Meshing in FEMAP 1D Mesh Between
Still around since the DOS version of

FEMAP Mesh, Between does
exactly that, lays down elements
between two user select points
Based on the Coordinate System
selected, rectilinearly, cylindrically, or
spherically

Meshing in FEMAP 1D
Reference Point is the most powerful

and useful feature when meshing
with 1-D elements in FEMAP
Controls where automatic element
offsets will be created to align the
Reference Point with the elements
nodes, or with the geometric curve
used to mesh on

Meshing in FEMAP 1D On Geometry
Mesh, Mesh Control, Attributes On

Curve
Pre-Assign Property, Orientation,

and Offsett, including using the
Reference Point offset

Meshing in FEMAP 1D Reference Point
$ Femap with NX Nastran Property 3 : BEAM Property (Angle (L) Section)

$ Femap with NX Nastran PropShape 3 : 11,0,0.5,0.5,0.,0.,0.05,0.05
$ Femap with NX Nastran PropOrient 3 : 11,0,1.,1.,2.,5.,6.,1.,-0.0265092,0.0265092
PBEAM 3 1 .0475 .001125 .0011256.6612-4 3.898-5 0.+
+ -.026509.0265092-.026509-.473491 .473491-.023491 .473491.0265092+
+ YESA 1. +
+ .4313074.4313074 +
+ .116912-.116912 .116912-.116912
$ Femap with NX Nastran Material 1 : 7050-T651 Al Plate .25-.5
MAT1 1 1.03+7 .332.6424-4 1.28-5 70. +
+ 66000. 65000. 44000.
MAT4 1.0020602 88.8722.6424-4
GRID 16599 011.51183 -9.737 7.7875 0
GRID 26984 011.52945-9.64448 7.7875 0
CBEAM 14815 3 16599 26984 0. 0. 1. +
+ -.026041.0049599.0265092-.026041.0049599.0265092
This automatic handling of beam offsets and orientations saves you

a lot of time in bookkeeping NASTRAN expects the nodes to be at
the Shear Center of the Beam, but the nodes are where the nodes
are, FEMAP automatically sets up the offset from the nodes to the
Shear Center on the CBEAM card, and the offset from the Shear
Center to the Neutral Axis on the PBEAM card

Meshing in FEMAP 1D - Updates
Modify, Update Elements

Update
Orientation
Offsets
Reverse

Meshing in FEMAP 1D - Updates
API Custom Updates

Since a Vector only points in one
direction, all elements created at the
same time are aligned with that
Vector.
FEMAP ships with an API that can
update beam orientations to align
normal with a selected surface.

Meshing in FEMAP 1D - Connections

Meshing in FEMAP 1D - Connections
Mesh Closest Link finds the closest

node for each node in the first
selection.
If the first selection has more nodes
that the second, you will get multiple
elements at some of the nodes.
Mesh, Connect, Multiple collects the

same setup information, and lets the
user pick the two nodes for
connection

Meshing in FEMAP 1D Unzip & Coincident Link
Unzip disconnects a Shell Mesh

leaving coincident nodes.
In relation to 1-D Meshing, can also
automatically create a 1-D
connection between the original
nodes and the new nodes
Coincident Link uses FEMAP

Coincident Node checking
functionality and instead of merging
the nodes, can automatically create
1-D connection

Meshing in FEMAP 1D Edge Members
Mesh, Edge Members

Meshes the Free Edges of a Shell
Mesh with any 1-D Line Element
Select the Shell Elements to use
Pick nodes to define which free
edges of the shells get the 1-D Line
elements
Later on well see how this same
command can create shell elements
on the free faces of a solid mesh

Meshing in FEMAP 2D Mesh Between
Still around since the DOS version of

FEMAP Mesh, Between does
exactly that, lays down 2-D elements
between 3 or 4 user selected points
Based on the Coordinate System
selected, rectilinearly, cylindrically, or
spherically

Meshing in FEMAP 2D Quadrilateral
Mapped Meshing Options

When possible, FEMAP will lay
down a mapped m x n mesh, the
meshing algorithm will try to find
four corners and mesh a
parametrically re

Meshing in FEMAP 2D Mapped Meshing
When Mapped Meshing is turned

on, FEMAP will also use hard-coded
transition meshes between fully
mapped areas.

Meshing in FEMAP 2D Options
Quad Edge Layers attempts to lay

down perfect layers of quads on the
periphery of a quad mesh, when
things get too twisted, it stops. The
remainder of the mesh is then free-
meshed.

Meshing in FEMAP 2D Options
Post-Mesh Cleanup Looks for

certain skewed and undesirable
mesh patterns and replaces with
better shaped elements have not
see a case where its not best to
have this option on

Meshing in FEMAP 2D - Options
Min Elements Between Boundaries

forces the number of nodes entered
between any cuts made by FEMAPs
boundary mesher

Meshing in FEMAP 2D - Options
Cut Quads with Angle Deviation

Above enter the maximum angle
acceptable in a transition quad
before FEMAP automatically splits it
into two triangles. The higher the
angle the less triangles in a mesh

Meshing in FEMAP 2D Triangle Meshing
Three triangle meshers in FEMAP.

Auto tells FEMAP to use the best
one
3-D surfaces it will use the 3-D Tri
Planar Surfaces use Fast Tri
Subdivision is the oldest Tri-Mesher
and is used if any of the others fail

Meshing in FEMAP 2D Triangle Meshing
Available in Quad Meshing, but more

appropriate to triangle meshing
Growth Factor during sizing
Very useful when optimizing total
model size for large tetra meshes

Meshing in FEMAP 3D - Tetrahedral
All Tetrahedal Meshing in FEMAP

starts with a triangular surface mesh
Triangles are fed into the INRIA
tetrahedral mesher (used by most
FEA vendors)
Returned Tetrahedron exactly
match the faces of the original
triangles

Tetra Mesher handles internal

triangles or quads, and creates a
combined shell / solid mesh with
slight embed for moment transfer.

Internal and branching faces and

curves are accounted for within a
solid
Create a consistent mesh in
volumes containing 3D, 2D, and 1D
entities
Example:
Reinforced concrete model: steel
beam elements with concrete tetra
elements in a matched mesh

Hexahedral Meshing
Subdivide and Hex mesh

Mesh Copy, Rotate, Reflect

Mesh Extrude, Revolve Sweep
Curves to Plates
Line Elements to Plate Elements
Plate Elements to Solid
Elements

Automatic Solid Geometry Preparation
Geometry and Meshing Considerations
Problematic geometry
Analysts inherit CAD models that often contain difficult geometry
Serviceable for CAD, but cause problems with FE meshing
Affects mesh and element quality and hence solution accuracy
Typical problems include:
Sliver surfaces
Short edges
Narrow regions
Close points
Internal voids
Difficult geometry has to be fixed before
the model can be meshed
Manual geometry clean up requires
much effort and time

Geometry and Meshing Considerations
Too much geometry detail

CAD models often contain too much modeling detail for FEA
Small features that are not required for analysis
Must be removed before meshing
The solution:
Femaps automatic geometry
preparation capability
Greatly reduces and in many
cases completely eliminates the
need for manual combination,
suppression and splitting of
geometry

Automatic clean up allows:

Easier meshing of complex 3D
models with problematic
geometry
Easy removal of unnecessary
detail
Geometry preparation actions
performed automatically include:
Combination of surfaces and
curves
Suppression of small curves and surfaces
Surface splitting at strategic locations
User defined tolerance controls extent of
geometry changes

Prepare Geometry and Mesh sizing tolerances

Guide geometry feature removal / suppression and mesh
sizing
Internal voids identified and removed
Access to further geometry preparation and mesh sizing options

Full control over the extent of model simplification

Identify a group of entities that should be ignored
Entities that are loaded or constrained are ignored
Set maximum sizes and angles based on geometry preparation
tolerance
Identify individual operations to be included in the cleanup
process

Meshing in FEMAP
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Meshing and FE Model Creation

Mark Sherman, Director - FEMAP Product Development

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Pick two Nodes Defines X Axis

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Still around since the DOS version of

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Reference Point is the most powerful

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Mesh, Mesh Control, Attributes On

Pre-Assign Property, Orientation,

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$ Femap with NX Nastran Property 3 : BEAM Property (Angle (L) Section)

This automatic handling of beam offsets and orientations saves you

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Modify, Update Elements

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API Custom Updates

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Mesh Closest Link finds the closest

Mesh, Connect, Multiple collects the

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Unzip disconnects a Shell Mesh

Coincident Link uses FEMAP

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Mesh, Edge Members

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Still around since the DOS version of

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Mapped Meshing Options

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When Mapped Meshing is turned

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Quad Edge Layers attempts to lay

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Post-Mesh Cleanup Looks for

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Min Elements Between Boundaries

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Cut Quads with Angle Deviation

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Three triangle meshers in FEMAP.

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Available in Quad Meshing, but more

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All Tetrahedal Meshing in FEMAP

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Tetra Mesher handles internal

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Internal and branching faces and

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Subdivide and Hex mesh

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Too much geometry detail

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Automatic clean up allows:

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Prepare Geometry and Mesh sizing tolerances