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Offsetting the Mesh of Parts

Offsetting the Mesh of Parts

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Offsetting the Mesh of Parts

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1.From the Menu Bar, select Mesh Editing > Part > Sheet.

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If the Mesh Editing panel is already open, select Part > Sheet from the pull-down menu in the panel.

2.Choose the Offset radio button.
3.Click selectPartGeneral-24 and pick a part in the graphic window. When finished, answer the question in the pop-up dialog window with Yes or Cancel.

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Click selectEntityFromTree-24 to select the part selected in the tree.

4.By default, HyperCrash corrects all the element normals and takes them as the offset direction: the normal to element(s) toggle is selected.

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Click defined by vector to impose another offset direction; then:
oClick vectorCreateBy2Nodes-24 and in the graphic window, and pick two nodes to define the offset direction.

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oClick 10_vectordefined and in the graphic window, and pick an element. The offset direction will be the picked element normal.
5.By default, the Offset value is equal to half the part thickness (this is useful for moving the elements to the neutral fiber).

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Set a value in the Offset field and click Ok.
Click mirrorSelection-24 to invert the offset side.
6.Click Save to save the part offset.

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Click Cancel to cancel the part offset.

7.Click Close to close the menu.