Solidworks Sheet Metal Mesh

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

Solidworks sheet metal mesh.

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. The mid surface of a sheet metal is highlighted. It s the one on the right the high quality element. This is the default element that is applied to solidworks geometry.

The use of sheet metal bodies in solidworks simulation provides a streamlined study setup workflow. 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. You might also like.

There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. The nature of sheet metal geometry lends to the utilization of shell elements to represent their shape in a simulation study. Meshing all solid bodies with solid elements saves you time in preparing the model for meshing particularly useful for novice simulation users but can increase the overall solution time. 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.

Shell mesh can and should typically be used for a variety of geometries such as.