{"id":357269,"date":"2024-03-15T12:54:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/stl-model-to-iges-conversion-and-pre-processing\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T12:54:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:54:21","slug":"stl-model-to-iges-conversion-and-pre-processing","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/stl-model-to-iges-conversion-and-pre-processing\/","title":{"rendered":"STL model to IGES conversion and pre-processing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>I am having issues with meshing during pre-processing my UAV&#8217;s fuselage model for a crash simulation. Let&#8217;s start from the begining&#8230; I have .stl files of parts for a winged UAV, in order to perform the simulation the mesh is needed to be reduced which is why I am using Meshmixer and Fusion 360 to export the model as a body in .IGES file type. The following steps gave me error: &#8220;One or more entities failed to mesh. The mesh of the bodies containing these entities may not be up-to-date. However, meshing might be successful on the other entities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Importing the.stl and setting the reduce mesh<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/15-03-2024-1710506849-mceclip0.png\" width=\"845\" height=\"591\"><\/p>\n<p>STEP 2: Import the reduced mesh to Fusion 360 and Convert mesh to body (Parametric &#8211; Faceted option)<\/p>\n<p>STEP 3: Export the model to .iges<\/p>\n<p>STEP 4: Import the model in Ansys Discovery and connect the Geometry block to the Explycit Dynamics block<\/p>\n<p>STEP 5: Create Mesh<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/15-03-2024-1710507173-mceclip1.png\" width=\"990\" height=\"431\"><\/p>\n<p>My question would be, what could I do to actually mesh the specified part model. Thank you in advance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-357269","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["341362","200"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.52.43.16"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1400"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["357269"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27790"],"_bbp_engagement":["200","341362"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["357500"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["357500"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-03-17 21:53:34"]},"test":"damil23student-sdu-dk"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/357269","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\/357269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}