topic Re: creating a chain link wire mesh in Inventor Forum

topic Re: creating a chain link wire mesh in Inventor Forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/creating-a-chain-link-wire-mesh/m-p/5555684#M382062 HI!   Ok.   Are you aware how many parts you will need to have if you design all the cell with "realistic wire"?!! Have you a super mega computer to manage that!!?? or you like to work at snail velocity??!!?! 🙂 My advise is: make a sample of your mesh (if you wanna concept a new design for that), lets say 200mm by 200mm or so, just like a example. Make a good render and that's it enough to demonstrate yout intent to the mesh concept. For the cage itself , i think the important is the structure. Nobody work in that using "real mesh"... it´s unreal for CAD. Too much elements. And it's just a repetition, so why repeat the pattern until the pc stop?!! After the struture we apply a "wire Texture" in a simple part and it simulate the wire well. Also you can create your own custom "wire texture" to match your 200x200mm "real" example. Check the video to check some examples of the textures available (like i said, you can always create your own texture and most of all, they will render good with the rest of the model).   <A href="http://autode.sk/1NcfF5b" target="_blank">http://autode.sk/1NcfF5b</A>       Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:54:17 GMT CCarreiras 2015-03-24T19:54:17Z