Partition with Cylinder
Use a Partition with Cylinder node () to partition geometric entities of an imported mesh by creating at least one new geometric entity for the elements enclosed in the specified cylinder.
Figure 8-54: Using a Partition with Cylinder node to define the contact boundary between the feeder and the clamp.
To add a Partition with Cylinder node, right-click a 3D Mesh or Mesh Part node and select Partition with Cylinder from the Booleans and Partitions menu. That menu is also available on the Mesh toolbar.
Note that partitioning a mesh can modify the number of geometric entities. Thus when you are adding this operation to a meshing sequence that is conforming with the component's geometry, a new meshing sequence that is defining its own geometric model is automatically created, and the Partition with Cylinder node is added to this new sequence. For more information see The Mesh Node.
Then use the following sections to specify the geometric entities to partition, the properties of the cylinder, and the condition for division:
Geometric Entity Selection
Define the geometric entities that you want to partition. You choose the geometric entity level from the Geometric entity level list:
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Choose Entire geometry to divide all geometric entities according to the specified cylinder.
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Choose Domain, Boundary, or Edge to specify the domains, boundaries, or edges, respectively, that you want to partition. Use All domains, All boundaries, or All edges to select all entities of the specified dimension.
size and shape
Specify the radius of the cylinder in the field r and the positions of the upper and lower boundary circles in the Top distance and Bottom distance fields, respectively.
position
Specify the position of cylinder in the x, y, and z fields.
axis
Use Axis type to set the direction of the cylinder axis. Choose x-axis, y-axis, or z-axis to let the cylinder axis coincide with one of the coordinate axes. It is also possible to customize the cylinder axis by choosing Cartesian or Spherical and using x, y, and z, or theta and phi, respectively.
Condition
Use the Include element if cylinder contains list to select the condition for an element to be enclosed in the specified cylinder. Choose All vertices to consider an element to be enclosed in the specified cylinder if all element vertices are inside, or choose Some vertex to consider it enclosed if at least one element vertex is inside the cylinder.
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Intersect with Line
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Intersect with Plane
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Partition with Ball
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Partition with Box
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Partition by Expression
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Union