Creating a Voxel Mesh

You can create a voxel mesh to simulate distortion of a part during an additive manufacturing process.

Before you begin: You must have a license for Additive Manufacturing.
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About Voxel Meshes
  1. From the Mesh section of the action bar, click Voxel Mesher .
    The Voxel Mesh dialog box appears.
  2. Optional: Enter a descriptive Name.
  3. In the tree or in the work area, select the geometry to be meshed.

    Tip: You can also use geometry created by dragging a standard tessellation language file (STL) into Digitized Shape Preparation.

  4. Select the mesh type, Isotropic or Anisotropic .

    Isotropic elements are cubic solid elements; anisotropic elements are rectangular solid elements.

  5. Enter the mesh size.
  6. Optional: Choose an axis system (for anisotropic elements only).

    Use an axis system to align the mesh with long, slender parts that are not oriented along the global axis directions.

  7. Click one of the following:
    • OK to save the parameters that you defined, to create the mesh, and to close the dialog box. To generate and visualize the mesh, you must update it.
    • Mesh to save the parameters you defined and to create, update, and generate the mesh.

      The PLM Update progress bar appears. The mesh dialog box remains open to allow further edits.

    • Cancel to cancel the modifications and to close the dialog box.
    If you click OK or Mesh, the mesh specification is created and appears in the tree.