After you build your model, check the quality of the elements in the model. You can check your model for connectivity and duplicate elements. Use the Check Elems panel, 1D subpanel to: Check one-dimensional elements for free ends. Determine if a group of rigid elements form a loop. Check weld and rigid elements for double dependency. HyperMesh has a set of features designed to help you achieve good element quality more efficiently. These features use settings from the Qualityindex panel to generate or modify a mesh. This allows HyperMesh to give results that account for your preferences for which element quality checks are more or less important than others. The quality From the Mesh ribbon, click the Repair tool. Figure 1. Optional: Click on the guide bar to update check thresholds. Optional: Click Find to update the checks. Since updates are done automatically, clicking Find is required only if checks are not in sync or visibility has been updated. Select a check to work on from the first drop-down menu on A composite Quality Index rating, ranging from 0 (perfect elements) to 1.0 (failed elements). The default of 0.2 is ideal for most cases, producing elements of good quality without taking too long to optimize, but can be altered if necessary. Abaqus determines triangular element shape factor by dividing the element’s area by the area of an ideally shaped element. The ideally shaped element is defined as an equilateral triangle with the same circumradius—the radius of a circle that passes through the three vertices of the triangle—as the element. SF = Aacua Adea S F = A a c t u Open the Model File. In this step you will open and view the model file, channel.hm. Start HyperMesh Desktop. From the menu bar, click File > Open > Model. In the Open Model dialog, open the channel.hm model file. Observe the model using the different visual options available in HyperMesh, such as rotation and zooming. .

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