Uniform meshing in APDL

- May 8, 2019 at 11:08 am
  
  APRU0707
  Subscriber
  
  Hello everyone,
  
  I have a problem with meshing my cylinder (quarter of a cylinder) with hole at the centre. For analysis purpose, I need a uniform mesh with rectangular cross-section. My model is a 3D one and I used volume for model creation. I am confusion right from the element selection to the way meshing is to be done.
  
  Can anyone help me with the same.
  
  Regards,
  
  APRU0707
- May 20, 2019 at 8:51 am
  Rohith Patchigolla
  Ansys Employee
  Hello APRU0707,
  
  Did you try using sweep method?
  
  Here is a simple example using the sweep method to create the mesh on a quarter cylinder.
```
fini
/clear,nostart

/prep7

et,1,186					!create a new structural element type 

mp,ex,1,2e5					!create material data
mp,prxy,1,0.3

cyl4, , ,5,0,7,90,10		!create a quarter cylinder

extopt,vswe,auto,0  		!Specify source and target surface for sweep
extopt,esize,3				!specify number of divisions

vsweep,1,4,3				!sweep with source area as Area#4 and target area as Area#3
```
  Hope this helps. Please have a look at the help doc for further reference on the commands. You can also do this workflow via GUI
  
  Best regards,
  
  Rohith