Volume mesh or "solid meshing" uses 3-dimensional elements to represent fully 3D objects, such as solid parts or sheets of material that have enough thickness and surface variety that solid meshing makes more sense than 2D shell meshing.
HyperMesh builds 4- and 10-noded tetras, 6- and 15-noded pentas, and 8- and 20-noded hexa elements. Tetras can be built in the Edit Element panel by hand or by using the Tetramesh panel. Pentas and hexas can be built in any of the following panels:
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Drags a group of two-dimensional elements along a vector to create solids. |
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Builds elements by hand. |
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Drags a group of two-dimensional elements along a line. |
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Creates solid elements between two-dimensional elements. |
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Builds solid elements between nodes, lines, and surfaces. |
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Builds solid elements between a variable number of lines. |
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Creates solid elements by offsetting a group of two-dimensional elements normal to the surface formed by the group of two-dimensional elements |
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Spins a group of two-dimensional elements about a vector to create solids. |
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Propagates split hexas. |
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Fills with tetra elements a volume that is enclosed by tria elements or surfaces. |
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