Easier Surfaces

File: PVE-4048, Last Updated: Feb. 24, 2010, By: LB

This complex duct shape was made with a few simple solid modeling commands and then turned into a shell model by removing a few faces at the end of the pipes.

The model before the faces have been removed converting the solid model into a surface.

The mode meshes without fuss even at very coarse settings using the standard mesher. All nodes connect across surface boundaries.

Beautiful stress results from thermal expansion.

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