About this Block
What it does: Constructs a Cell Map from a Quad Mesh. The cells are constructed by offsetting along the normals of each quad face of the input Surface Mesh. This domain is then subdivided by the Layer count value. This map serves as a layout for the lattice Unit Cells. Common uses:- Used as an input for the Periodic Lattice block.
- When you need to stitch together several CAD Faces to create a conformal lattice.
- A Cell Map from a Quad Mesh is unstructured and does not have U, V, W guides.
- It maps out a Unit Cell to each quad face.
- The input Surface Mesh must contain only quad faces.
Inputs
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Surface mesh | Mesh | Quad mesh that the cell map will be generated from. |
| Height | Scalar Field | Height of the cell map from the surface of the mesh |
| Layer count | Integer | Number of cell layers that the domain will be subdivided into. |
Outputs
| Type |
|---|
| Cell Map |