Imprint Patch Set

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

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

Figure 2  Imprint Patch Set dialog box

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

•     Patch Set List

•    It shows the list of the patch sets.

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

•     Show Outside PatchSets: It shows the patch sets in the outside of the current mesh mode.

•     Search: It searches the faces of the target geometry with the “Distance Tolerance”. The patches of the selected patch sets are applied to searched faces.

•     Faces which of faces are similar to the patch set must exist in the target geometry to mesh. If it does not, Imprint Patch Set does not work. To create the same shape as the patch sets, the function Imprint Line in the Imprint group of Geometry tab can be used.

Figure 3  Example of Imprint Patch Set applied to the mesh