Partition with Cylinder

) 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 8-64: Using a Partition with Cylinder node to define the contact boundary between the feeder and the clamp.

To partition entities in a mesh, select one or several entities in the window, then:

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Right-click in the window to open up The Graphics Context Menu and select from the menu.

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Right-click the node and select from the .

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Click (

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Enter the properties for the node using the following sections:


	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 list:

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Choose to divide all geometric entities according to the specified cylinder.

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Choose , , or to specify the domains, boundaries, or edges, respectively, that you want to partition or choose a named selection to refer to a previously defined selection. Use , , or to select all entities of the specified dimension.

size and shape

Specify the radius of the cylinder in the field and the positions of the upper and lower boundary circles in the and fields, respectively.

position

Specify the position of cylinder in the , , and fields.

axis

Use to set the direction of the cylinder axis. Choose , , or to let the cylinder axis coincide with one of the coordinate axes. It is also possible to customize the cylinder axis by choosing or and using , , and , or and , respectively.

Condition

Use the list to select the condition for an element to be enclosed in the specified cylinder. Choose to consider an element to be enclosed in the specified cylinder if all element vertices are inside, or choose to consider it enclosed if at least one element vertex is inside the cylinder.

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Partition by Expression

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Union