Meshing an orphan part

[maxmg]

Hi all,

I have 29 orphan parts that I've imported from Mimics (.inp files). I'd like to know how to mesh these parts using the Mesh module. When I try to use 'Mesh -> Part' it says an orphan part can only be modified with the 'Edit Mesh Toolkit'. Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks,
Max

 

[maxmg]

Abaqus does not allow me to create Independent instances on the orphan meshes I've imported. So I have 29 Dependent instances. It says in the user manual I should be able to mesh the Dependent instances; however, when I do try to abaqus returns 'Dependent part instances cannot be edited or assigned mesh attributes'.

Anyone know a way around this?

Thanks,
Max

 

[xerf]

An orphan part is just a mesh, i.e. a collection of nodes and elements. Only the geometric parts can be meshed.

 

[maxmg]

Is it possible to extract/convert to 3D geometry from an orhpan mesh? How do I proceed with the analysis if I cannot mesh an orphan part?

Thanks,
Max

 

[DanStro]

I am still very new to this program so I don't know if this will work but could you use "Part2DGeomFrom2DMesh" to convert the mesh to a new part?

Dan