{"id":28265,"date":"2017-10-20T23:32:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T23:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/importing-line-and-solid-bodies-from-spaceclaim-to-mechanical\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T11:28:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T11:28:25","slug":"importing-line-and-solid-bodies-from-spaceclaim-to-mechanical","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/importing-line-and-solid-bodies-from-spaceclaim-to-mechanical\/","title":{"rendered":"Importing Line and Solid Bodies from SpaceClaim to Mechanical"},"content":{"rendered":"

I successfully built a model with solid and line bodies using DesignModeler to study a helical gear mesh.<\/p>\n

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I started with a solid shaft that was split in quarters axially in DM to create vertex points along the shaft axis\u00a0that lines were created on then line bodies were created with a circular cross section.<\/p>\n

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I’m trying to do a similar model starting in SpaceClaim. I imported spur gear solid bodies and created some lines in SCDM, but I don’t know how to define those lines as line bodies with circular cross sections.<\/p>\n

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I guessed that I should create New Components from the lines I drew. I guessed that I should add a Circle profile, which created this Beam object in the outline, but where do I enter the diameter of the circle?<\/p>\n

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Finally, when the time comes to import Geometry into Mechanical, I look at the Mixed Import Resolution property, and I can choose solids and surfaces or surfaces and lines. Don’t I want solids and lines?\u00a0 All attempts have only resulted in the solid bodies being imported into Mechanical.<\/p>\n

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I have attached the ANSYS 18.2 SpaceClaim file in case someone can use it to answer my question.<\/p>\n

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Thanks in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-28265","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t