3. Mesh the Object

We need to mesh the following:
Line A and C to have 50 divisions,
Line B to have 10 divisions,
Line E and D to have 5 divisions.



                                               

MAIN MENU -> Preprocessor

      PREPROCESSOR -> -Meshing -Size Contrls

            SIZE CNTRLS -> -Line -Picked Lines

                   ELEMENT SIZE ON PICKED LINES -> Click on line A and C of the part.

                   ELEMENT SIZE ON PICKED LINES -> Click OK.

                   ELEMENT SIZE ON PICKED LINES -> Enter 50 in the NDIV box, and 0.25 in the spacing ratio box then click OK.



Now you can see that line A and C are meshed.

                                              

To mesh line B, enter in 10 in NDIV box and 1 in the spacing ratio box.

            SIZE CNTRLS -> -Line -Picked Lines

                   ELEMENT SIZE ON PICKED LINES -> Click on line B (top of the plate).

                   ELEMENT SIZE ON PICKED LINES -> Click OK.

                   ELEMENT SIZE ON PICKED LINES -> Enter 10 in the NDIV box and 1 in SPACE boc, then click OK.

To mesh line D and E, enter in 5 in NDIV box and 1 in the spacing ratio box

            SIZE CNTRLS -> -Line -Picked Lines

                   ELEMENT SIZE ON PICKED LINES -> Click on line D and E (the bottom of the plate).

                   ELEMENT SIZE ON PICKED LINES -> Click OK.

                   ELEMENT SIZE ON PICKED LINES -> Enter 5 in the NDIV box and 1 in SPACE boc, then click OK.

However, we want finer mesh close to the base. In this case line C has to be fliped. We use the command, FLIP BIAS



Then click on the line which you want to flip, which is in this case, line C.

                                                                 
Click OK. The meshed line will be flipped.

                                                                  
Now the meshed lines should look similar to the image below. Then we are ready to mesh the area.

Use the following command:

MAIN MENU -> Preprocessor

      PREPROCESSOR -> -Meshing -Mesh

            MESH -> -Area - Free
                    
                    MESH AREAS -> Click on the plate. It will change color. Click OK.

Wait for ANSYS to mesh the rectangle. The correct meshed plate should look similar to the one below.