Select Use range in the Options panel Area of the user interface that enables you to modify functions specific to tools. To create midsurface faces based on an offset rangeĬlick Midsurface in the Define group on the Prepare tab. When you right-click on a Midsurface in the tree, you can select the source body using Select>Midsurface Source. When you rename the surface, the thickness is appended to the new name. Midsurfaces are shown in the Structure Tree with a default name that includes the assigned thickness. You can expand orĭelete objects, as well as work with components., and are named using the name of the original object and appended with MidsurfaceN, where N is a unique number. Midsurface bodies are created in a component in the Structure tree Display in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. When you successfully create a midsurface, the solid will become semi-transparent and the surface will be opaque until you select a different tool or clear your selection. When you add face pairs, all face pairs with the same offset distance will be added to the selection.Ĭlick the Complete tool guide when you are finished selecting faces. (Optional) Click the Select Faces tool guide or hold the Ctrl key and select additional face pairs with a different offset distance. Its midsurface will be offset using the thickness of neighboring detected face pairs. Click on the face you want offset to add it to the selection. Click on the blue face to remove the pair from selection.Ī face pair that should be midsurfaced may not be detected because its offset pair is not a perfect offset of the first face. Two faces may be detected as a pair because they have the same offset distance as the face pairs to be midsurfaced. All face pairs that have the same offset distance will be added to the selection.Ĭlick detected face pairs to remove them or click undetected face pairs to add them. This option automatically detects all offset face pairs on a body with one or more offset distances.Ĭlick on a face for which you want to create a midsurface.Ĭlick on a second face that makes an offset pair with the first face. Select the Use selected faces option in the Options panel Area of the user interface that enables you to modify functions specific to tools. To create midsurface faces by selecting offset pairsĬlick Midsurface in the Analysis group of the Prepare tab. Midsurfaces inherit the material properties of their parent components, but you can change the material properties for the midsurface object.
If the tool fails to create midsurface parts, the problem faces or edges are highlighted. If the Midsurface tool finds missing faces because neither side can be offset, you will receive an error message in the error box that lists the faces. The Midsurface tool detects and removes small faces of midsurfaces that are created when an edge is equal to half of the part thickness. You can change this property, and it is included in the ANSYS data when it is sent out to ANSYS via the DS Mechanical add-in. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, andĭelete objects, as well as work with components., even if it is a single face. You can expand orĬollapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. rather than in the Structure tree Display in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. This is a face property, so you must select the face in the Design window Area in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. This panel is initially displayed on the lower left side of the screen, but can be moved. The thickness of the original model face offsets are stored as a property named Thickness in the Midsurface section of the Properties panel Area of the user interface that displays editable details about the selected object(s). Unselected faces and faces without offsets are shown in the original color. Green indicates that a face is paired with a cyan face. The midsurface face will be offset from the cyan faces. You can use these surfaces for FE analysis.Ĭolor highlighting shows you face pairs that have been selected, as shown below. The midsurface faces are automatically extended or trimmed to adjacent faces, and the distance between the faces is stored as a thickness property. This tool creates a surface midway between two offset faces.
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