Imprint Line Set

RecurDyn/Mesher supports to mesh many geometries in the mesh mode. The shape of the Line Sets of the previous mesh can be applied to the new shell mesh.

Figure 1  Imprint Line Set icon of the Mesher group in the Mesher tab

Figure 2  Imprint Line Set dialog box

•     Target Geometry: Select the geometry to apply the imprint of the line sets.

•     Line Set List

•    It shows the list of the line sets.

•    The only selected line sets are used to search edges matching with the line sets and applied to meshing.

•     Show Outside LineSets: It shows the line sets in the outside of the current mesh mode.

•     Search: It searches the edges of the target geometry with the “Distance Tolerance”. The lines of the selected line sets are applied to searched edges.

Figure 3  Example of Imprint Line Set applied to the mesh