{"id":41573,"date":"2020-03-06T19:59:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T19:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/meshing-issue-with-through-hole-close-to-perpendicular-blind-hole\/"},"modified":"2020-03-06T19:59:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T19:59:34","slug":"meshing-issue-with-through-hole-close-to-perpendicular-blind-hole","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/meshing-issue-with-through-hole-close-to-perpendicular-blind-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"Meshing Issue with Through Hole Close to Perpendicular Blind Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m using Ansys v19.2 and am having difficulty getting a hex mesh in the area between two very close holes that are perpendicular to each other.&nbsp; I am required to use a hex mesh for the model.&nbsp; I am able to get a nice hex mesh for all of my partitions except the very last one which is the blind hole running close to the through hole.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve tried all kinds of partition ideas and mesh methods\/sizings with no luck.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s the approach that seems to get me the closest.&nbsp; I use multizone to get a nice hex mesh on all of the partitions except the blind holes.&nbsp; On the through hole partition nearby, I get a hex mesh, but even though it has a shared face with the blind hole partition, it doesn&#8217;t account for the nearby hole at all when it meshes.&nbsp; Because of this, I can&#8217;t get the last partition to give me a hex mesh.&nbsp; It seems like it is so close, but I can&#8217;t figure out how to get the last issue resolved.&nbsp; I pulled the part out of my assembly and created a simplified dummy model of just the area in question and created a new analysis.&nbsp; The .wbpz file is attached.&nbsp; I am new to Ansys so any help at all would be greatly appreciated whether it is solving the last piece of the puzzle or starting over with a completely different approach.&nbsp; Thanks in advance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-41573","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["13753"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["413"],"_bbp_subscription":["248311"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["41573"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27790"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","174087"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["5"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["107397"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["107397"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2020-03-10 18:53:26"]},"test":"whbutc"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/41573","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\/41573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}