Solidworks Sheet Metal Mesh

The program extracts the shell thickness from the thickness of the sheet metal.

Solidworks sheet metal mesh.

However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal. This is the default element that is applied to solidworks geometry. It s quite common that we receive reports of users struggling with excessive simulation run times only to find out that they should really be using shell mesh. The mid surface of a sheet metal is highlighted.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. It s the one on the right the high quality element. For sheet metals the mesh is automatically created at the mid surface. A new option mesh all solid bodies with solid mesh default options mesh allows you to mesh all solid sheet metal and weldment bodies with a solid mesh.

Shell mesh can and should typically be used for a variety of geometries such as. The nature of sheet metal geometry lends to the utilization of shell elements to represent their shape in a simulation study. You might also like. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.

Tetrahedral mesh element so that tetrahedral mesh element by and large when we talk about this we talk about the element we re using in solidworks.