Hi All
I have been asked to create a model which is to be used in a 3rd party FEA package. The FEA person simply wanted the 'mid planes' of this geometry. This is a process I have done a number of times for this person. To make the geometry work with FEA it is important to ensure all surfaces are joined together.
OK, imagine two parallel circular plates with a number of small rectangular plates joining the upper surface to the lower surface. If I try to do a Merge/Join ProE 5 might let me do one side (though it appears to split the circular disk), but then will not enable the Merge tool when I select the other circular disk and either the first merge, or the rectangular joiner piece.
What I would really like to do is along the lines of a Extrude, Surface (straight line sketch), remove material, straight through the upper and lower surface to create what would be called in Sheet Metal a 'rip'.
I would be really happy to here ideas (if you can make sense of my description) as I do not really want to conceed defeat (yet).
Thanks
Bill
I have been asked to create a model which is to be used in a 3rd party FEA package. The FEA person simply wanted the 'mid planes' of this geometry. This is a process I have done a number of times for this person. To make the geometry work with FEA it is important to ensure all surfaces are joined together.
OK, imagine two parallel circular plates with a number of small rectangular plates joining the upper surface to the lower surface. If I try to do a Merge/Join ProE 5 might let me do one side (though it appears to split the circular disk), but then will not enable the Merge tool when I select the other circular disk and either the first merge, or the rectangular joiner piece.
What I would really like to do is along the lines of a Extrude, Surface (straight line sketch), remove material, straight through the upper and lower surface to create what would be called in Sheet Metal a 'rip'.
I would be really happy to here ideas (if you can make sense of my description) as I do not really want to conceed defeat (yet).
Thanks
Bill