Evan, What I did is when you go to open your. Keep in mind I believe it keeps as a default when you change that and you may have to go back and return it to whatever units you normally save in. stl file single select the file you want to open so it is highlighted and down at the bottom there is an Options button, click that and it opens a window, under Units there is an Import Units button, switch that to mm or in depending on how your file was saved out originally. stl was open, I click on the part, then right click, select Convert to Base Feature, I selected output to solid, OK and it was done and worked correctly.Įvan, What I did is when you go to open your. stl came in fine and matched what the customer had. So it sees the 12 as the value and the import doesn't know or care what it is but as soon as I changed my import option to mm the. The customer exported in mm and I imported in inch. I opened a customer model and it looked correct until I made a measurement and it was 12" the real measurement was 0.473 or 12mm. stl file (inch or mm) when opening the file and change it in your options to match before opening it to keep it at the correct values. Make sure you know what your units are of the. This next comment doesn't really have anything to do with how the Mesh Enabler works other than how you import then use the Enabler: If you want to be able to quickly determine if you have a good mesh, here’s what you need to know:Īlso for a quick reference guide to meshing, check out the the meshing infographic below.Seems to work fine now after Rocky fixed it up. So keep in mind when doing any subsequent levels of mesh refinement it might not be worth the time investment to improve just a handful of elements out of the thousands in the entire model. Although this won’t always be possible especially with larger more complicated models. A good mesh will, however, have nearly all of its elements with a small aspect ratio or a value less than 3. In other words, a good mesh won’t be made up entirely of perfectly shaped elements. Since a mesh is nothing more than an approximation of your geometry broken down in to tiny pieces, it is reasonable to have some not exactly perfect elements in your model. The aspect ratio is defined as the ratio of the shortest length of the element to the longest length of the element. You can see this in the image to the left. The Aspect Ratio quantifies the quality of the elements, where 1 is a perfectly shaped tetrahedral element and the element shape is worse with a higher Aspect Ratio.
#Static mesh enabler innventor 2017 how to#
Here’s how to know if you have a good mesh or not. Is it a good mesh? It’s a simple question with a yes or no answer, and yet we all sometimes have difficulty answering it with confidence. Even though SOLIDWORKS Simulation has countless tools and techniques to make meshing as easy as possible, a level of confidence in the resulting mesh can be lacking in even the most advanced users.
#Static mesh enabler innventor 2017 manual#
Thanks to many improvements over the years, meshing has transformed from a very tedious, manual process into a quick and easy automated one. There’s no getting around it – it has to be done. Meshing a model is an integral step in performing any simulation.