Generating Cylindrical Lattices

You can create cylindrical lattices as a connected pattern along two noncollinear directions.

Before you begin:
  • Create a part and allocate a lattice area by selecting the areas inside the part.
  • Create the reference axis.

See Also
Allocating a Lattice Area
About Lattices
  1. From the Generate Lattices section of the action bar, click Lattice Struts .
    The lattice area is clearly displayed by reducing the opacity of remaining part.
  2. Under Lattice Type, select Cylindrical .
  3. Under Axis Options, select the axis.
  4. In the Neutral radius and Minimum bar length boxes, specify the required values.
  5. Click OK.
    A Lattice Strut Set.x is added to the tree. It contains all the lattice strut features related to the lattice areas from a same body and a Tessellate.x feature.The tessellation feature under the lattice strut set contains the polyhedral result of the body.
  6. In the tree, select the Lattice Area.x feature.
  7. In the Visualization model list, select one of the following visualization types for the lattice struts to be created:
    Visualization ModeResult
    Cavity
    Wireframe
    Bars
    The visualization of the lattice struts is previewed according to the selected visualization mode.
  8. From the Generate Lattices section of the action bar, click Lattice Geometry .
    The part is visible and the lattice struts are highlighted.
  9. In the tree, select Lattice Strut Set.x feature.
  10. Under Advanced Options, specify the required values for Decimation sag and Smoothing Value.
  11. Optional: From the Tools section of action bar, click Clipping Tool to see the lattices created inside a closed area.