Time to generate mesh.

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Does the number of combinations has influence on the time of FE mesh generation? I would never ask this question, but after I created about 2000 combinations, the time to generate mesh(not to calculate the model) increase significally. Created combinations could be the reason?

[Rafal.Gaweda]

Does the number of combinations has influence on the time of FE mesh generation? I would never ask this question, but after I created about 2000 combinations, the time to generate mesh(not to calculate the model) increase significally. Created combinations could be the reason?

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No way.

How do you "run" meshing? How do you check meshing time?

[Anonymous]

when i did my model, i run the meshing step by step(floor by floor), to see the possible errors in mesh generation. When i already made whole model(without any loads) I also run meshing(Delauny method, not regular mesh, iterative adjustement of the FE mesh, the size of FE 0,5m for all elements). Robot did the mesh(with total number of nodes is about 120 000) in about 4-5 minutes. After i delete the mesh, defined all the loads(surface loads and linear loads on edeges), created 2 000 combinations. After all these generation of mesh takes about 25 minutes. Even if i increase the size of FE for slabs(for example 1m) meshing time is aproximately the same. May be these warnings about load distribution make some troubles for Robot, i don't know.

[Rafal.Gaweda]

my test:

meshing 5 minutes,

verification 2 minutes,

model generation - applying properties, model consolidation etc- 10 minutes 

cladding # claddings loads generation - 8 minutes (?)