Mesh Failures

[1380902]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to instigate a stress analysis on my component using Inventor 2024, however, I have just started to encounter mesh failures with no error codes present. I changed the average element size to try and resolve this but to no avail. When I suppress a mirrored component from the design, the mesh executes, but as soon as it is unsuppressed and the mesh is updated it fails. 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Screenshots attached 

[JDMather]

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@1380902 wrote:

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

@1380902 

Can you Attach your *.ipt file here?

(Or at least run Manage >Rebuild All and then attach screenshot of expanded browser in modeling environment.)

[1380902]

Certainly. Please find attached my .ipt file.

I am a fairly new student to inventor, so apologies for any bizarre processes I may have done.

[kacper.suchomski]

Why are some strainer surfaces divided?

[1380902]

Are you referring to the hexagonal elements? If so I believe this occurred due to the way in which I constructed them. They were derived from a separate .ipt file. I first sketched 4 hexagons on top of each other (I will attach a screenshot below) and then offset internally and arrayed to get the desired length. After extruding those separations where visible.

[kacper.suchomski]

These surfaces and edges have no right to exist.

[1380902]

haha I mean, I agree with you. I wish they didn't, I'm not sure how or why they exist. However, with these abominations aside, it does provide a mesh with one of the hexagonal structures present but not with two. Also the hexagonal structure will generate a mesh in its own ipt.