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trim with nodes subpanel (solid edit panel)

trim with nodes subpanel (solid edit panel)

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Location:   Geom panel, solid edit subpanel

 

Use this subpanel to trim solids based on nodes that you pick.  The nodes must define an enclosed cross-sectional surface, but this surface need not be planar.

Multiple solids can be trimmed using the same set of nodes; each solid is trimmed according to the surface defined by those nodes, provided that this surface intersects each solid.  However, HyperMesh only creates new surfaces within the solids—so, for example, if your nodes define a large plane that intersects two cubes, HyperMesh will only create surfaces within the cubes (and thus trim them)—it will not create a single surface filling the entire area enclosed by the nodes.

TrimSolid_MultipleSolids

This example used 4 nodes: 2 at the outer edges of each cube

 

How do I…

hmtoggle_arrow1Use nodes to trim solids
1.On the Solid Edit panel: select the trim with nodes subpanel.
2.Use the switch to choose between selecting solids or surfs.
•If you choose solids, select each solid directly by picking it in your model, or by using the extended entity selection menu.
•If you choose surfs, select each solid by choosing one of its surface faces (either by picking the surface in the model, or using the extended entity selection menu).
3.Use the second switch to choose between selecting a node list or a point list.

This determines how you define your 2-D cutting plane (or non-planar surface).

•If you choose node list, select 3 or more nodes from FE mesh to define your desired cut.
•If you choose point list, select the points from model geometry that enclose the cut.
4.Click trim.

The selected solids along the 2-dimensional surface bounded by the nodes or points that you selected are trimmed.  Gaps between solids do not acquire a surface.

TrimSolid_MultipleSolids

This example uses a single cut.

 

 

 

See Also:

solid edit panel