Lattice from Volume Mesh

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.

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.

Type
Lattice