Objective:

Learn how to create a square beam mesh from a round beam lattice. 

Applies to:

• Round Beam Lattices

Procedure:

1. This Custom Block runs off of two required inputs: a lattice body and a thickness. Upon inserting both of these, a square beam mesh is generated. 

And that’s it! You’ve successfully created a square beam mesh. Continue reading below to see how this block is built.

Block Breakdown:

1. Inputs: Create a lattice structure with round beams for this workflow. Making the thickness a variable in this step will allow the user to adjust it more easily later. 

2. Properties: Extract the following properties from the lattice to use as downstream variables.

• • Lattice Beams
  • Beam Line Segments
  • Length of Beams
  • Center Point of Beams
  • Direction of Beams

3. Thickness: Create a thickness scalar list to link the beam center points and the thickness value. 

4. Individual Box: A single box can be created using the beam properties at the origin. This will be the template we apply to all the beams to build the lattice.

5. Final Mesh: Lastly, we need to mesh the individual box with feature size and adaptivity values. Using the Orient Object block, we can apply the individual box mesh to the beams. 

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Download the Example file:

• Square Beam Mesh Workflow

More on this topic:

• Can I make non-rounded lattice beams?

• Methods for refining meshes

• How to mesh complex parts