Prism Layer Mesh resulting in unwanted Pyramid Elements

Bromodachi · September 29, 2015, 20:00

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to create a layered volume mesh around a simple wing and for the most part it is working well, except for some unwanted pyramid elements. I've tried messing with the settings when creating the layers, but I can't seem to avoid creating some pyramid elements in the process. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I'm using ANSA v15.0.0. Thanks in advance for the help!

vangelis · October 27, 2015, 04:54

Hi there

You probably have the option "collapse" on
which means that ANSA bumps up to some problem
(intersection, proximity or top cap quality ) and
therefore collapsed locally some prisms into pyramids
or tetras.

If you de-activate the collapse option and try
to grow the layers again, ANSA will probably stop
at some point and will create a SET of the shells
where it found problem to generate the layers from

Hope this helps

Vangelis

September 29, 2015, 20:00	Prism Layer Mesh resulting in unwanted Pyramid Elements	#1
Bromodachi New Member Brett Johnson Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 11	Hey everyone, I'm trying to create a layered volume mesh around a simple wing and for the most part it is working well, except for some unwanted pyramid elements. I've tried messing with the settings when creating the layers, but I can't seem to avoid creating some pyramid elements in the process. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm using ANSA v15.0.0. Thanks in advance for the help!

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October 27, 2015, 04:54		#2
vangelis Senior Member Vangelis Skaperdas Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Thessaloniki, Greece Posts: 287 Rep Power: 21	Hi there You probably have the option "collapse" on which means that ANSA bumps up to some problem (intersection, proximity or top cap quality ) and therefore collapsed locally some prisms into pyramids or tetras. If you de-activate the collapse option and try to grow the layers again, ANSA will probably stop at some point and will create a SET of the shells where it found problem to generate the layers from Hope this helps Vangelis