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October 8, 2018 at 11:23 pm
peteroznewman
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Hi Kiran,


If you are in SpaceClaim, you cannot generate a Midsurface unless the faces have a constant wall thickness. I constructed the wedge below. Note that the Midsurface tool will not select the non-parallel faces.



Another CAD system can create that Midsurface and its FEA model has variable thickness shell elements.
I recommend you keep the part as a solid and mesh with solid elements.


Regards,
Peter

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