- Click once on keypoints 8 and 9 to create a line between keypoints 8 and 9.
- Click on OK.
2.3.3.9. Create Line from Shank to Handle.
- Choose menu path Main Menu> Preprocessor> Modeling> Create> Lines> Line Fillet. The Line Fillet
picking menu appears. - Click once on lines 8 and 9.
- Click on OK in the picking menu. The Line Fillet dialog box appears.
- Enter BENDRAD for Fillet radius and click on OK.
- Click on SAVE_DB on the Toolbar.
2.3.3.10. Cut Hex Section
In this step, you cut the hex section into two quadrilaterals. This step is required to satisfy mapped
meshing.
- Choose menu path Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Numbering. The Plot Numbering Controls dialog box
appears. - Click the Keypoint numbers radio button to Off.
- Click on OK.
- Choose menu path Utility Menu> Plot> Areas.
- Choose menu path Main Menu> Preprocessor> Modeling> Operate> Booleans> Divide> With
Options> Area by Line. The Divide Area by Line picking menu appears. - Click once on the shaded area, and click on OK.
- Choose menu path Utility Menu> Plot> Lines.
- Click once on line 7. (If you have trouble reading the line numbers in the ANSYS Graphics window,
use the controls on the Pan-Zoom-Rotate dialog box (Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Pan/Zoom/Rotate)
to zoom in.) - Click on OK.The Divide Area by Line with Options dialog box appears. In the Subtracted lines will
be drop down menu, select Kept. Click OK. - Choose menu path Utility Menu> Select> Comp/Assembly> Create Component. The Create
Component dialog box appears. - Enter BOTAREA for component name.
12.In the Component is made of drop down menu, select "Areas."
- Click on OK.
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