ANSYS12 Meshing Features

ANSYS Meshing
12.0/12.1
© 2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

ANSYS Meshing
I t d ti
Introduction

Meshing Overview
• ANSYS Workbench process automation

– Physics-aware meshing
– Meshing in batch
– Parametric/Persistent
P t i /P i t t meshing
hi
• Adding controls for meshing flexibility
– mesh type/method
– mesh sizing
– mesh
es aalignment
g e t
– mesh quality
– mesh feature capturing

Process Automation
• Meshing
es g co comes
es as a cell
ce ofo a Workbench
o be c Analysis
a ys s
System (Mesh/Model)
• Or as it’s own Component System.
• Regardless of what System the Mesh/Model cell is

invoked from the meshing tools are the same
• However, the meshing defaults are based on the
physics preference of the system
• The mesh is provided to any downstream system
– Downstream systems can be linked to the Mesh
cell of any system
Physics-Aware Meshing
• There are four p

physics
y p
preferences in the Meshing g
application, each using appropriate defaults for that physics

Meshing in Batch
• Because the meshing is highly automated, the meshing

application can be run in batch and a user can essentially
skip the meshing step. For example:
Use Update to
generate the
mesh in batch.
The Progress
monitor gives
progress.
After updating the
mesh you can
Edit it to view the
mesh or add
additional
dditi l control.
t l

Parametric/Persistent Meshing
• In the following slides, we will see how mesh methods

and mesh controls can be inserted to control the
properties of the mesh.
• These controls persist with any geometry changes
changes.
• The process of updating the mesh is the same as in the
batch meshing
– Added controls continue to apply
– Well controlled mesh is automated for subsequent
design iterations in batch
• This makes parametric/persistent meshing inherent to the
process
p

Adding Controls for Flexibility
• As demonstrated, Meshing in Workbench is designed to

be invisible to the user
• However, since a well controlled mesh is often required
for higher solution accuracy and efficiency
efficiency, there is a
great deal of flexibility to control:
– mesh type/method
– mesh sizing
– mesh alignment
– mesh quality
– mesh feature capturing

Adding Mesh Controls
• Let’s look at an assembly model:

• You can see in this
Contact is case that Workbench
automatically
defined between
automatically
parts assigns:
• Physics based
Mesh object:
additional controls sizing
can be inserted
• Interfaces
between parts
Global controls: • User can go into
Physics preferences,
sizings inflation,
sizings, inflation etc.
etc
these defaults and
adjust as they see fit.

• Mesh Methods: • Parts are meshed as

appropriate,
i t hhex where
h
possible, else tets
• User can insert mesh
methods to override the
defaults.
Some parts are
meshed with
patch conforming
tetrahedral method
Some parts are

meshed with
general sweep

• Mesh Controls (Virtual Topology):

• Geometry and mesh
defeaturing tools are
available to reduce the
element/cell count in non
non-
critical regions
Let’s see how we
• Manual virtual topologies
can coarsen mesh help user control which
in non-critical
regions features to capture
Virtual
Topologies can
be created
automatically, or
manually as
shown here.
Mesh is refined to Mesh walks over

respect each face details

• Mesh Controls (Auto VT):

• Automatic virtual topologies
can be created and then
user can edit these manually
for optimum control
Mesh without
Virtual Topogies
Mesh after
automatic
Virtual Topologies
Automatic
Virtual Topologies
• Sizing controls are available
at the body, face, edge, and
• Mesh Controls (Sizing): vertex level
• Other sizing controls
include:
• Sphere
p of influence
• Body of influence
• Curvature/Proximity
sizing
Now let’s
apply a body
sizing to
improve
uniformity of Insert body
mesh sizing,
cross hatch
represents
size
Resulting mesh

• If Virtual Topologies (VTs)
• Mesh Controls (Pinch): aren’t enough for geometry
simplification pinch features
simplification,
can further simplify the
model
• The p pinch controls use mesh
based defeaturing and can
be applied manually or
automatically like VTs.
Notice bad mesh in areas
Insert manual pinch

Manual pinch feature removes features at
controls to remove
mesh level allowing for easier simplification
unwanted features
than geometry level for some configurations.
Like Automatic Virtual Topologies,
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• Mesh Control (Mapped Face):
The face
Th f
mesh Since the face has a cutout,
structure sub-mapping is done to get a mapped
can be mesh
Select
changed
face(s) to
by adding
havemapped
a Face is
mapped face meshed
meshcontrols with
mapped
quads split
to tris

• Mesh Methods and Controls: • This example shows how

a variety of mesh controls
and methods can
combine to provide great
flexibility
Add Virtual Faces
Default tet mesh to aid in hex
Hex mesh would meshing
improve solution
accuracy
Pure hex mesh is

Add MultiZone
able
bl tto b
be
method for pure
generated
hex mesh

• Mesh Methods and Controls:

• There is an extensive list of
additional mesh
methods/controls, but this
gives a general overview of
Refined hex
the use of these controls.
Apply body
sizing with mesh for
smaller mesh better
size accuracy
Section plane
of hex mesh

Adding Controls for Flexibility
• The controls that were added are stored as objects in the

mesh folder
• These controls persist to design changes

– If a new design makes it impossible to update controls
from a previous design, the software puts a ? to
indicate a control that has become invalid and should
be inspected by the user.

ANSYS Meshingg 12.0
Feature Update

ANSYS 12.0 Meshing Goals
• Next generation solution for GAMBIT and CFX-

Mesh customers:
– Follows Workbench guiding principles:
Parametric Persistent,
Parametric, Persistent Highly
Highly-Automated,
Automated
Flexible, Physics-aware, Adaptive Architecture
• Integration of TGrid and ANSYS ICEM CFD
meshing methods to increase power and
flexibility of Workbench meshing solution
• Further evolution of meshing tools and
technologies for Mechanical, ANSYS Emag,
Explicit and CFD meshing

Mesh Controls
• Physics-based mesh controls

• Support for CAD instances
• Arbitrary mesh matching
• Mapped mesh controls
– Corner controls to help define mapping strategy
• Pinch feature
• Advanced
Ad d Si
Size F
Functions
i
• Interface/contact handling between parts
– Contact sizing
– Arbitrary mesh matching
– Patch independent option: Match mesh where
possible
ibl

Fluids Physics-based
Mesh Controls
• ANSYS 12.0 is the first release targeting CFD

needs using our proven GAMBIT and TGrid
meshing technology
• Better CFD meshing defaults:
– Automated CFD meshing process
• CFD/Fluent
CFD/Fl t shape
h check
h k controls
t l
– Support for FLUENT boundary conditions, mesh size
functions,, etc.
– Improved inflation controls
• Program controlled inflation
• Smooth
S th ttransition
iti controls
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CFD Meshing
• Automated CFD meshing process:

– CFX/FLUENT solver preference added to tailor mesh
based off solver
– Added
Add d appropriate
i t d
defaults
f lt
– Added “Skewness” quality metric for FLUENT

CFD Meshing
• 3D Bodies (Zones) Solid/Fluid:

– CAD parts can be marked in DM as Air/Fluid
– Display of Solid/Fluid indicates type

– FLUENT will use this for 3D Zone creation
• 2D Zones
– Named Selections (for Boundary Conditions) pass through
Workflow (CADÆGeometryÆMeshingÆFLUENT)
Improved CFD Inflation
• Program Controlled Inflation

– Will inflate off all faces that are not in a named selection
– Or user can inflate off a named selection, or insert inflation control

Structural Physics-Based
Mesh Controls
• Efficient meshing for physics

– Rigid body contact meshing
• Edges/Faces in contact area are
only things meshed
• Centroid defined for mass
– Gasket
G k t meshing
hi
• Quadratic edges/faces on top and bottom
• Linear edges/faces on side

Rigid Body Meshing (3D)
• Only faces of rigid body in contact get meshed

Rigid Body Meshing (2D)
• Only edges of rigid sheet in contact get meshed

Gasket Elements
• More automated way of meshing gaskets
Quadratic faces on source/target
Linear faces on sides

Support for CAD Instances
• Instances defined in Pro/E, Solidworks, etc. are

used in meshing (geometry/mesh is copied)
– Geometry transfer/meshing speedup
• Selection by instance

Meshing of Instances
• Meshing speed improvement

– 58% time reduction in meshing
• Instance selection:

Meshing of Instances
• Overall speed improvements

– Geometry transfer: 77% time reduction
– Meshing speedup: 55% time reduction
– T t l import
Total i t and
d meshing
hi off thi
this model
d l reduced
d d ffrom
533 to 192 seconds (64% time reduction)

Arbitrary Mesh Matching
• Match control to copy mesh to similar topologies

based off 2 coordinate systems

Improved Mapped Control
• Support for side/corner

controls to define
strategy for sub-
mapping

Pinch Feature
• Mesh p
pinch out feature added for defeaturingg at mesh level
• Automated based off shell thickness or user defined tolerance
• Works in conjunction with Virtual Topologies to simplify
meshing constraints

Automatic Pinch Generation
• With automatic pinch generation user can

pinch features under a defined size and
remove small features from the mesh
Use shell
thickness,
or define a
tolerance

Manual Pinch Feature
• With Auto-pinch, software figures out basic areas to pinch

• User can then add additional manual pinch controls

Shell Example
w/out pinch feature w/pinch feature

Shell Example

Solid Example

Advanced Size Function
• Incorporate FLUENT size function

• Curvature based sizing controls
• Proximityy based sizing
g controls
• Body/Face/Edge sizing
• Improve consistency of controls across mesh
methods

• Advanced size functions added for

explicit control for:
– Curvature Normal Angle
– Number of cells in a thin gap
– Minimum Size
– Maximum Face Size
– Maximum Tet Size
– Growth Rate

• Standard Size Function
• Advanced Size Function




• With curvature
• With curvature
t and
d proximity
i it (5 cells
ll iin gap))

Scoped Sizes
• Scoped size controls:

– Edge
– Face
– Body

Body of Influence
• Bodies can be used to define a region of

influence

Interface/Contact Modeling of Parts
• There are several techniques to model the

common faces between parts
– As parts
– As multibody part with
common nodes
duplicated nodes
• Shared/matched face(s)
• Shared/matched edge(s)

• There are several techniques

q to model the
common faces between parts
2 faces
– As p
parts
common nodes 1 face

duplicated nodes 2 faces
• Shared/matched face(s)
• Shared/matched edge(s)

• As Parts:
– 2 Faces at contact region
– Parts meshed separately

• As Multibody part:
– No contacts,
contacts since parts
share common face
– Multibody part meshed
as a whole
DM Attribute

• As Multibodyy p
part ((w/Imprints):
p )
– Contacts, since each body
has a face
– Multibody part meshed as a
whole
DM Attribute

• Depending
p g on how the user wants the interface
modeled/meshed between two bodies, user can
choose appropriate option
• Using
U i th the iimprint
i t option
ti iin a multibody
ltib d partt
ensures a common interface between 2 parts
• If using Imprint option
option, there are a few controls to
keep in mind:
– Contact sizingg
– Match control: Arbitrary
– Patch independent option:
Match mesh where possible
• Contact Sizing
– Drag and Drop Contact Region into Mesh folder
– Influences the mesh sizing between parts
Mesh isn’t always coincident

• Match Control: Arbitraryy

– Enforces same node spacing based off
common topology
p gy between p parts
Undesired penetration of Desired coincident nodes

individual parts with multi-body part using
IMPRINT method and
M h controll
Match

• Patch Independent
p option:
p Match mesh where
possible
– If “yes”
y software will tryy to enforce common
nodes between common faces of a
multibody(imprint) part
– If “no” software will not try
to enforce common nodes
b t
between common faces
f off
a multibody(imprint) part

Meshing
Improvements

Surface Meshing
• Improved surface mesh quality

– Eliminate poor-quality mesh clusters
– Improved curvature based refinement controls
• 2D inflation controls
– 2D Planar models
– Shell models
• Respect new sizing controls
• Improved auto-blocker robustness/consistency

Meshing Update
More uniform surface mesh:

ANSYS 11.0 ANSYS 12.0

Meshing Update


Meshing Update
ANSYS 12.0
12 0
ANSYS 11.0

2D Inflation Controls
• 2D planar model

2D Inflation Controls
• 2D shell model

Tetrahedral Meshing
• Mix and Match Tetrahedral and Sweep methods

• TGrid Tetra AFT meshing method for CFD
p
• Improved p
patch independent
p robustness
• Improved consistency of controls

Combination of Methods
Mapped
bodies

Tetrahedral Meshing

Inflation
• Multibody part handling

• Smooth transition
• Collision avoidance
– Stair-stepping
St i t i
– Layer compression
– Examples
• Preview inflation
• Pre vs. post inflation
• Sweeping
S
– Pure hex or wedge

Inflation: Multibody Parts
Mapped
bodies

Smooth Transition
• Smooth transition option added to provide layer by

layer smoothing to achieve good transition to tet
mesh
• Transition ratio controls inflation to tet transition
CFX Default FLUENT Default

Inflation: Stair-stepping vs.
Compression
p
Layer Compression Stair-stepping

Inflation: Stair-stepping vs.
Compression
p
Layer Compression Stair-stepping

Examples of Inflation
• There are situations when stair-stepping is locally

taking place,
place although
altho gh compression wasas req
requested
ested
Between multi-body parts

Local stair-stepping
Resolve by adding
inflation on interior faces

Examples of Inflation
• There are situations when stair-stepping is locally

taking place,
place although
altho gh compression wasas req
requested
ested
In Sharp Corners
Local stair-stepping
Resolve by rounding the

sharp edge

Preview Inflation
• Inflation preview added to help identify possible

problems with inflation

Inflation on Swept Bodies
• Swept method requirements for inflation

– The swept method must be assigned to the body
• Similar bodies can be assigned in one control
– Source face has to be assigned to the swept body
• Inflation
– The inflation is assigned
g to a Face with corresponding
p g
edges as Boundaries
– The Face must be the source face of the swept
method
– First and Total height algorithms are available
• Smooth transition is not available

Inflation on Swept Bodies

Hex Meshing
• In Workbench there are several methods for

hex meshing:
– Default Sweep
– Thin Sweep
– Hex Dominant
– MultiZone

Hex Meshing Improvements
• ANSYS 12.0 brings the following improvements

– Default Sweep
• Improved inflation
• More control over mesh type: quad, quad/tri, tri
– Thin Sweep
• Support for body level (multibody parts)
• Multiple elements through thickness for parts
– MultiZone
• New option that extends all hex or hex dominant
meshing to more complex parts

Sweep: Inflation
• Inflation with sweeping generates a hex mesh

Sweep: Face Mesh Type
• Option for free face mesh type in sweep

Thin Solid Sweep Meshing
• Improved
p robustness
• Works at body level with other methods
Thin
Sweep
General
Sweep

• Multiple elements through thickness

f single
for i l b
body
d parts
t

• Multibody part meshing

Swept Meshing: MultiZone
• MultiZone sweep
p meshing
g
– Automatic geometry decomposition
– Multiple/single source/target
– Mapped/Free meshing
– Inflation

MultiZone
• Automatic geometry decomposition

– With the sweep method, this part would have to be sliced into 5
bodies to get a pure hex mesh

MultiZone
• Automatic geometry decomposition

– With MultiZone, this can be meshed with pure hex mesh without
any geometry decomposition.

MultiZone
• Multiple source imprinting

– Imprints from multiple sources and cross sections can be swept

MultiZone
• Multi-source/multi-directional imprinting

MultiZone
• Multibody part handling

– Multiple parts are meshed with conformal mesh at shared interface.

MultiZone: Multiple Zones
• Free decomposition
– Face topology is used to construct solid regions or blocks.
Each block can be swept independently provided the mesh is
conformal.
conformal

MultiZone: Free Decomposition
• Using Free Mesh Type, MultiZone can be used to get a

hex mesh where possible, and free mesh everywhere
else, without slicing.

MultiZone: Free Decomposition
• MultiZone unstructured/free regions can be filled with:
Free Mesh Type = Tetra
Free Mesh Type = Hexa Dominant
Free Mesh Type = Hexa Core

MultiZone with Inflation
• MultiZone with inflation

MultiZone with Inflation
• MultiZone with inflation and free blocks

Mesh Metrics
• Mesh metrics added

– Mesh level, part level and body level
• Worst
W t element
l t display
di l

Performance & Data-Integration
Improvements
p
• Performance Improvements
– Multibody part mesh memory utilization & speed
improved
– General
G l memory reduction
d ti and d speed d iimprovements
t
• Improved Data-Integration
– Named
N dSSelections
l ti stored
t d tto ACMO ffor use iin CFX
CFX-Pre
P
– Fluent output improved
– CGNS output added
– Write ICEM CFD Files option for easier transfer to
ANSYS ICEM CFD

ANSYS Workbench
Meshing 12.1
Feature Update
New at
12 1
12.1
ANSYS 12.1 Meshing Goals
• Linux support
• Improve robustness and usability of 12.0:
– Especially
p y as it is related to GAMBIT and CFX-
Mesh user migration
New at
12 1
12.1
ANSYS 12.1 Meshing Advances
Meshing Framework Improvements ►Support for 0-thickness walls

►Linux support ►Polyflow integration
Plans
►Journaling at project level ►Export geometry facets to TGrid
Mesh Controls ►Improved Virtual Topologies

hing P
►Mesh metric graphs ►Improved Named Selections

►Numbering controls ►Program Controlled inflation
1 Mesh
►Mixed order meshing ►Overlap

O l handling
h dli
►Post inflation improvements
Mesh Methods ►Improved smoothing
12.1
►MultiZone Improvements ►Body-Fit Cartesian

►Sweep Improvements Method (beta)
►Patch
P t h IIndependent
d d t IImprovements
t ►Shape check (beta) New at
12.1
Meshing
Framework
Improvements
New at
12 1
12.1
Linux Support
Supported Platforms: New at

►RHEL5-32
RHEL5 32 12 1
12.1
►SLES10-64
►RHEL5-64
ANSYS
A
Supported Connections:
►DesignModeler
S 12.1
►DesignXplorer
►CFX
►Fluent
►Mechanical APDL
►CAD Connections: Parasolid, ACIS, IGES,
STEP, UG NX5 and NX6 on SLES10-64
only
l
Journaling and Scripting
Framework level scripting: New at

►Journals/scripts can be 12 1
12.1
generated for framework level
commands
►Using the journal/script,
journal/script the mesh can
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be generated in batch
YS 12.1
1
Support for 0-thickness (baffle) walls
0-thickness walls New at

supported for: 12 1
12.1
►Tetrahedral mesh methods:
►Patch conforming
►Patch
P t h independent
i d d t
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Inflation can be grown off 0-thickness
walls:
YS 12.1
►Stair-stepped at boundaries
►Program controlled inflation works
similar to other walls.
1
Polyflow integration
Support for Polyflow New at

Parameterized
CAD workbench integration 12 1
12.1
►CAD/DMÆAMÆPolyflowÆ
CFD-Post
►Parametric updates from geometry
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Automatic
Meshing now possible
Polyflow specific mesh controls
YS 12.1
►Mesh relevance and sizing
►Mesh export in *.poly format
Polyflow
1
Support for legacy Polyflow meshes.
►Legacy Polyflow meshes (*.msh,
*.poly,
poly *.neu)
neu) can be imported into
Mesh cells in Workbench
Export geometry facets to TGrid
New workflow: New at

►CAD/DMÆAMÆ 12 1
12.1
TGridÆFluent
►Access to TGrid wrapper and new
cartesian technology
ANSY
Naming conventions
►TGrid Faceted geometry (*.tgf) file
YS 12.1
►Part-body names preserved
►Named selections preserved
1
Customized
C t i d solutions
l ti (beta):
(b t )
►Batch conversion of many CAD files
►Supporting CAD readers
Improvements in
Mesh Controls
New at
12 1
12.1
Mesh Metric Graph
Outline New at
►Support for 2D and 3D 12 1
12.1
►Automatic display upon
meshing (including preview)
►Supports
S t allll Mesh
M h Metrics
M ti
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and standard element types
YS 12.1
Controls:
►Number of Elements or
Percentage of Total
►Number
N mber of Bars;
Bars update
pdate Y
1
►X-axis; Min/Max/Reset
►Y-axis; Min/Max/Reset
►Element type activation
► x to Return
Finding location of bad cells
Controls: New at
►Adjust Xmin or Xmax 12 1
12.1
depending on metrics
►Update Y-axis
►Accept
A t the
th changes
h
ANSYS
A
Display:
►Chart
Ch t willill b
be updated
d t d
S 12.1
►Left click on a bar;
1. Elements are highlighted
2. Model turns transparent
►Ctrl-click to add bars
►Click
Click-and
and hold on a bar for a
tooltip with exact X and Y values
Numbering Controls
Mesh Numbering branch: New at

►Local control over numbering 12 1
12.1
►Allows user to control element or
node numbering or offset
Body scoping:
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►Specify element or node number
range for the body
YS 12.1
1
Vertex scoping:
►Specify node number of a mounting
point,, etc.
p
Mixed Order Meshing
Support for multibody parts

For example: New at
►Linear Hex 12 1
12.1
►defined on sweep control
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A S 12.1
►Quadratic Tets
►defined by global controls
►Mixed order hex/wedges

attached to quadratic pyramids
►Shared face at boundary have
midnodes
►Mixed order elements will be
displayed in quadratic element type
mesh metric column
Improved Virtual Topology
Virtual Topology Option: New at

►Project to Underlying Geometry 12 1
12.1
►Virtual topologies are faceted
representations of the original
geometry. By default the mesh
ANSYS
A
projection is to the facets. Improved
projection can be obtained by
projecting back to the underlying
geometry.
t
S 12.1
Improved faceting of VTs:
►Improved underlying representation of
VTs for greater robustness
►Improved
p mapped
pp mesh on VTs
Named Selection Enhancements
Find overlapping Named Selections

►Exporting the mesh/faceted
New at
geometry with overlapping
12.1
named selection is not allowed
and produces an error
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►To find: Mesh Æ right-click “Show
Geometry in overlapping Named
selection”
YS 12.1
Exclude Named selection from
Program Controlled inflation
►When new Named Selections are
1
added they often break Program
Controlled inflation
►Now,, you
y can choose if the Named
Selection should be part of Program
Controlled inflation or not
Post inflation improvements
Support for transition ratio: New at

►Transition ratio controls the 12 1
12.1
growth transition from prism
layers to tets
►Now works similar to patch conforming
ANSYS
A S 12.1
Better support for layer compression:
►Improved robustness for post inflation
with layer
y compression
p option
p
►Also with 0-thickness models
Improvements in
Mesh Methods
New at
12 1
12.1
MultiZone Improvements
Revolved model improvements: New at

►Wedges at axis 12 1
12.1
►Better robustness and smoothness
p
Improvements in p
projections:
j
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►Helix models supported
►Better robustness for cases having
side faces with high curvature
YS 12.1
Improvements in multibody parts:
►Better robustness
1
►Better side face handling
p o e e ts in inflation:
Improvements at o
►Better robustness
Sweep Improvements
Sweep Method: New at

►Improved robustness 12 1
12.1
►Better support for sphere
source faces
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Thin Sweep Method:
►Improved robustness for thicker
models and variable thickness
S 12.1
Better error handling:
►Improved conflict error handling for
scoped sizing controls with mapped
mesh
►Improved highlighting of problem
areas in Sweep and Thin solid sweep
Patch Independent Improvements
Behavior option support: New at

►Support for Smooth/Hard sizing 12 1
12.1
►Ability to locally turn off
curvature/proximity refinement
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Improved Robustness:
S 12.1
►Out of memory errors for patch
independent added
►Improved handling of complicated
geometries
Improved smoothing
For Physics = CFD with New at

Patch conforming tet + pre 12 1
12.1
inflation:
►Setting Smoothing to HIGH tries to
improve all cells with skewness
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above 0.9
YS 12.1
Example:
p Port valve in 12.1
1
►Smoothing = Medium (default)
►Worst skewness = 0.962
►Smoothing = High
►Worst skewness = 0.897
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© 2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

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• ANSYS Workbench process automation

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• Regardless of what System the Mesh/Model cell is

• There are four p

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• Because the meshing is highly automated, the meshing

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• In the following slides, we will see how mesh methods

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• As demonstrated, Meshing in Workbench is designed to

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• Let’s look at an assembly model:

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• Mesh Methods: • Parts are meshed as

Some parts are

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• Mesh Controls (Virtual Topology):

Mesh is refined to Mesh walks over

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• Mesh Controls (Auto VT):

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Notice bad mesh in areas

Insert manual pinch

• Mesh Control (Mapped Face):

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• Mesh Methods and Controls: • This example shows how

Pure hex mesh is

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• Mesh Methods and Controls:

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• The controls that were added are stored as objects in the

• These controls persist to design changes

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• Next generation solution for GAMBIT and CFX-

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• Physics-based mesh controls

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• ANSYS 12.0 is the first release targeting CFD

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• Automated CFD meshing process:

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• 3D Bodies (Zones) Solid/Fluid:

– Display of Solid/Fluid indicates type

• Program Controlled Inflation

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• Efficient meshing for physics

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• Only faces of rigid body in contact get meshed

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• Only edges of rigid sheet in contact get meshed

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• More automated way of meshing gaskets

Quadratic faces on source/target

Linear faces on sides

• Instances defined in Pro/E, Solidworks, etc. are

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• Meshing speed improvement

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• Overall speed improvements