Hello
I would like to know if it is possible to create/add/delete elements in the mesh of a simulation without having to go back to the 3D and modify it.
The goal is to modify part of the mesh without redoing all the work of preparation for the calculation, contact conditions, mesh checks, etc. and without having to remesh all the geometry.
Thanks in advance
Kind regards
Hello
You should specify what you mean by [[ modify part of the mesh ]].
However, we can answer YES by using adaptive resolution which allows a finer local mesh, also called "convergence process H" or Adaptive H and Adaptive P solutions that are very close conceptually.
@tous in the convergence process, the mesh is gradually reduced to one or more previously selected areas. This allows to have a coarse mesh in some parts and a very fine mesh in the critical parts including angles, radii, holes, it keeps the strain energy errors low. etc...
To put it simply, the mesh adapts to the patterns of the constraints
However, this method only works for static and volume (so no shell and no beam).
Kind regards
Hello
You talk about mesh refinement (and thank you for your explanations on this), but I was thinking of creating or deleting elements in the mesh.
To clarify, here are two examples:
Example 1: I have a mesh surface on which I have performed a calculation. In view of the results, I want to extend or reduce it on one of its edges, and to do this I want to add or remove one or more rows of elements on the edge in question.
Example 2: I have a lattice structure on which there is a weakness. To solve it, I have several leads and I want to know quickly which one has the most effect. Among these avenues, there is adding beams in certain places of the lattice. So I would like to add beam elements to which I assign the properties of the profiles I use.
I hope to be more precise.
Cdlt