Meshing a group of surfaces (for FEM analysis)

Hi everybody,

I'm designing a steel joint using a FEM software, so I need a connected mesh of all the surfaces making part of the joint. More specifically I do not want open edges in the mesh.

I'm just trying to perform this action using GH, but the mesh is not connected.

Any suggestion ?

I'm attaching my very basic definition and some pictures.

Thank you in advance

Anton

Attachments:

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Aldo Sollazzo on December 7, 2015 at 4:27am

You can join the mesh and than weld it with weaverbird.

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/weaverbird

Permalink Reply by Aldo Sollazzo on December 7, 2015 at 4:39am

check it. the input geometry is open.

Attachments:

meshjoint_rev_00.gh, 29 KB

Permalink Reply by anton panofsky on December 7, 2015 at 2:08pm

thank you very much Aldo !

using DW I've obtained an unique mesh with correct (even if too simple) edges, but I can not refine it, the mesh do not react to the parameter MAX EDGE.

Attached you can find a sample picture of what I'd like to define in GH: a generic group of surfaces that can be meshed with edge continuity...maybe too hard for GH

Attachments: