{"id":163847,"date":"2021-11-09T20:38:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T20:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ensuring-mesh-node-passes-through-a-particular-point\/"},"modified":"2021-11-20T00:08:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T00:08:46","slug":"ensuring-mesh-node-passes-through-a-particular-point","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ensuring-mesh-node-passes-through-a-particular-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Ensuring mesh node passes through a particular point"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>I&#039;m working on an irregular object and implementing a kinematic mount. Due to the irregular shape of the object the nodes don&#039;t fall on the plane. Is there a way to ensure the mesh nodes are created on the plane (and the surface of the body &#8211; check image for reference)<\/p>\n<p>I came across something called hard point but can&#039;t find any concrete implementation method online. Can this be used for the problem I&#039;m trying to solve &#8211; If so, then how?<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedExternal embedImage\">\n<div class=\"embedExternal-content\">\n<a class=\"embedImage-link\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/787\/PZ2WUK9RF6GC.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedImage-img\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/787\/PZ2WUK9RF6GC.jpg\" alt=\"3 point image.JPG\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-163847","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-kinematic-mount-1","topic-tag-meshing","topic-tag-transient-structural"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_author_ip":[""],"_bbp_old_reply_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_reply_anonymous_id":["false"],"_btv_view_count":["1594"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_subscription":["254006"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["163847"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","229573"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["6"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["197262"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["197262"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-11-20 00:08:46"]},"test":"rbahetiandrew-cmu-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/163847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/163847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}