12.3 Swept meshing technique more generally applicable

Product: ABAQUS/CAE

Benefits: The swept meshing technique can be applied to parts that could previously be meshed only with tetrahedral elements using the free meshing technique.

Description: The rules that govern whether a part is swept meshable have been relaxed. The swept meshing technique can now be applied when:

the cross-section of the part varies between the source side and the target side,
the source side and/or the target side are non-planar, and
the part contains virtual topology.

Figure 12–3 illustrates a part with a mesh that was swept from a non-planar source side along a sweep path with a varying cross-section.

Figure 12–3 Sweeping the mesh along a varying cross-section.

You may be able to use virtual topology to make a part swept meshable. For example, Figure 12–4 illustrates a part that was made swept meshable after the five faces on the target face were combined into a single face using virtual topology.

Figure 12–4 Combining faces makes a part swept meshable.

ABAQUS/CAE Usage:

Mesh module:
   MeshControls

Reference:

ABAQUS/CAE User's Manual

“Swept meshing of three-dimensional solids,” Section 17.10.3