I formed a basic 2 inch diameter cylinder, 5 inches long with a 0.050 inch wall.
When I mesh the cylinder, I get five inch long elements, when the Maximum Edge Length is set for 0.050".
Meshing the half sphere end cap with the same parms seems to go fine.
Any suggestions as to how I can get the tube mesh to get fully built?
Thanks!
Bruce
Try reducing max aspect ratio to something lower than 6
_convertExtrusions
for the hollow cylinder … looks like it is of object type extrusion - and this type does not follow all meshing parameters to save performance - the main issue for this objecttype.
If I skip the Tube Tool, extrude a 2.1" dia cylinder from a round surface, drill a 2.0" dia hole in the polysurface and mesh with the same parms, it works.
That does the trick. Looks like the Tube Tool is generating something that MESH doesn’t like.
Got me going. Thanks to all!!
Best regards,
Bruce
No, as @Tom_P suggested, Extrusion objects have their own special meshes that do not respond to all the custom meshing parameters. Converting them to polysurfaces will fix that. Cutting holes in or otherwise modifying extrusion objects will automatically convert them to polysurfaces, which is why your cylinder to tube method works.
Ah, so the learning point I needed was to use ConvertExtrusion to turn an extrusion object into a polysurface so Mesh can do its thing.
Helpful to know …
Thanks!
Bruce
You can also turn off the creation of extrusion objects entirely by running UseExtrusions and setting the option to Polysurfaces. I highly suggest doing that unless you are an advanced user who actually needs that kind of object - most people don’t.
