About this Block
What it does: Creates a Lattice from a Volume Mesh with a configurable thickness and latticing method. Tips:- Choose from the following lattice creation methods:
- Mesh edges: Creates lattice beams along the mesh edges.
- Vertex Centroid: Creates a vertex at each mesh face’s centroid and the mesh vertices. Lattice beams connect the vertices.
- Dual: Creates a vertex at the centroid of each mesh face and creates connecting beams to the next closest mesh centroid.
- The Thickness of the lattice is a Scalar Field type, which allows for a variable Thickness.
- Open up the block’s Properties Panel to view the beam, implicit, and thick graph properties.
- These properties are populated based on the type of Unit Cell you use. An error sign with a tooltip appears next to the property if it is empty.
Creates a Lattice from a Volume Mesh using the features specified in the method input.
Inputs
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Volume mesh | Volume Mesh | Volumetric Mesh from which to construct the Lattice. |
| Method | Volume Lattice Enum | The mesh features to use for Lattice construction. |
| Mesh Edges: Beams created from Mesh element edges. | ||
| Vertex Centroid: Beams created from centroid of each face to each vertex. | ||
| Dual: Beams created from the centroid of each face to the midpoint of each face’s edge. | ||
| Thickness | Scalar Field | Lattice beam thickness. |
| Include surface | Bool | Option to generate a Lattice on the Volume Mesh’s surface. |
Outputs
| Type |
|---|
| Lattice |