HMCFD-T: 1020 Wrapping Using the Template Manager
Before you begin, copy the file(s) used in this
tutorial to your working directory.
Create Groups
- Open the Wrapping_Example_Engine.hm file.
- Make sure the entity selector in the modeling window is set to Parts.
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Select the three bolts parts highlighted in the figure below.
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Right-click and select Find and Isolate > Matching Parts.
The tool searches for all bolts matching the features of the highlighted parts and isolates them on the screen.
- Left-click and drag to select all the bolts on the screen then right-click and select Create Group.
- Label the group Misc then click Create.
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Right-click and select Reverse (R) to display all the
parts besides the bolts.
- Left-click and drag to select all the parts on the screen then right-click and select Create Group.
- Label the group ToWrap then click Create.
Create the Template
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Click the arrow next to the Home tool set, then
select Template Manager.
- Select Operation from the list of categories in the Template Manager dialog.
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Click to add an operation.
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Double-click in the Operation column and select
Tessellation.
- Click in the Definition column. Ensure that the Unmeshed surface meshing method is set to Faceting with a size definition set to Normal.
- Click to add another operation.
- Double-click in the Operation column and select Cap.
- Under the Selection Mode column, select By user groups.
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Under the User Group Selection column, select
ToWrap.
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Click and enter a maximum width of
100.
- Click to add another operation.
- Double-click in the Operation column and select Wrap.
- Under the Selection Mode column, select By user groups.
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Under the User Group Selection column, select
ToWrap.
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Click and enter a value of 20 for
the Average element size.
- Click to add another operation.
- Double-click in the Operation column and select Re-mesh.
- Under the Selection Mode column, select By user groups.
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Under the User Group Selection column, select
ToWrap.
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Click and enter a value of 20 for
the Average size.
- Click to add another operation.
- Double-click in the Operation column and select Fix Surface Mesh Quality.
- Under the Selection Mode column, select By user groups.
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Under the User Group Selection column, select
ToWrap.
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Click and enable Degenerated element
cleanup, Duplicate element cleanup,
Aspect ratio cleanup, and Intersection
cleanup.
- Click to add another operation.
- Double-click in the Operation column and select Delete.
- Under the Selection Mode column, select By user groups.
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Under the User Group Selection column, select
Misc.
- At the bottom of the dialog, enable Run operations and Validation.
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Click next to Validation and set the Sliver Surface Threshold to
0.0001.
- Click Run to execute the template.
Save the Template
- Click in the Template Manager dialog.
- Enter a name for the file.
- Click Save.
- Close the Template Manager.
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Observe that the Validate tool on the Geometry ribbon has a blue check mark,
which indicates that the validation was successful.