Trimmed Surface represented as rectangle kiwi analysis model

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Hi All,

I’m having some trouble with getting an analysis model to work with kiwi3d.

The problem is that I am trying to analyze a model with holes in it (trimmed surface). I have been advised to break this surface down into smaller pieces with a higher refinement around the holes.

I’ve managed to break the surface down into pieces:

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…but when I plug these surfaces into the analysis model, it tries to represent each one as a rectangle:

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…which I think is wrong. I’m using split surface and the result is trimmed surfaces. Any idea how to get the surfaces to be represented properly in kiwi3d?

Thanks in advance,

Josh

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I just learned about trimmed surfaces a bit. Is there any way to divide this surface into untrimmed portions kiwi3d will understand? I can subdivide it further…but it seems even if I subdivide it into triangles or quads, the surfaces remain trimmed (even if I rebuild them with boundary surface).