Objective:

Create an FE Mesh for a Trimmed Shell Lattice

Applies to:

• Simulating lattices
• Shell Lattice is too complex to use the FE Lattice Mesh block (Invalid Mesh Topology error appears)

Procedure:

1. Start with your Trimmed Lattice

2. Add an Extract Lattice Mesh block

3. Add a Simplify Mesh by Amount block

• • Set the Amount to 0.00001

4. Add an FE Surface Mesh block

• • Set the Geometric Order to Quadratic

And that’s it! You’ve successfully created the FE Mesh for a complex shell lattice. 

Are you still having issues? Contact the support team, and we’ll be happy to help!

Download the Example file:

• Example file

More on this topic:

• How to create an FE Model for a Simple Shell Lattice
• How to Create an FE Model