2D mesh failure with randomly oriented pieces

[jsmerson]

I'm having trouble meshing a 2d geometry with randomly oriented rectangular pieces inside of a matrix material. I get very good meshes when the internal rectangles are aligned, but the mesh always seems to fail with the randomly oriented pieces. Does anyone have any recommendations?

 

[GregLocock]

Since it is about a hundred years since I used HM I can't remember how but there is basically a one click command to reorient all the element directions. I imagine the help might be of some use.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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