URGENT, PLEASE HELP: Need advice on volume creation and and meshing

[jeffs429]

Hi, I am facing a deadline on a modeling project and need some help ASAP. Any advice is highly appreciated.

Here is my model:

I am trying to creating a 3D ANSYS mode (with V10.0) and I am using extruding (VEXT) mostly to create the volumes. I have created 2 areas identical in size (both are rectangles) but with different design patterns on the areas.

The areas are parallel to each other, and both are vertical. (Let's call them area A and B). I have used VEXT for area A to create volumes and mesh for the features to the left, and done the same for area B and volume to the right.

And here is my problem:

I need to create and mesh the last volume, which should fill the space between area A and B. The problem is area A and B are already meshed differently. My question is how can I mesh the newly generated volume, so they match the mesh on areas A and B? Or is this even possible?

Thanks for all your help in advance.

 

[jiligeo]

you can firstly create all volumes and then mesh them !

 

[Leibi]

If you have created the volumes, you can use the VGLUE command to glue the volumes. If you mesh them, the mesh will be matched at the interfaces

 

[jeffs429]

Thanks for the suggestions...

Leibi: I tried creating a volume and used VGLUE, but the new volume is still being meshed all by itself.

jiligeo: It's too late for me to start over and create all of the volumes again.

Also maybe I didn't explain my problem clearly. Basically, if you have to 2 equal-sized areas that are already meshed (but differently, e.g. area A has 3x3 mesh and area B has 5x5 mesh) and they are parallel, can you create a volume in the space between the areas and mesh it in such a way that the 'adapts' to the existing mesh on both areas?