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Improving Productivity in Mechanical with Object Generator

Hi, this is Edwin from Ozen Engineering, Inc. Today, we are going to talk about the object generator, a wonderful tool to improve productivity in creating your finite element model. Let's explore the features of this tool.

Getting Started with Object Generator

Go to the Automation tab.
Select the Object Generator button.

On the right, you will see the mechanical application wizard with the object generator selected.

Copying Objects

To copy an object, follow these steps:

Select the object you want to copy. For example, a face sizing mesh control applied to an internal face.
Select geometries to apply the new copies of this object. For example, select additional faces.
Click on Generate to create new face sizing mesh controls.

You will see new objects applied in the tree, useful for creating mesh controls.

Using Name Selection

Another option is using Name Selection:

Select the face sizing mesh control.
Select a name selection, such as NS01.
Click on Generate.

This creates new controls applied to the elements of the name selection.

Exploring Scope Options

The object generator offers three scope options:

Each Entity: Creates one copy of the template object for each selection.
Adjacent Entity: Groups adjacent selections into a single control.
All Entities by Part: Groups controls by part.

These options allow for flexible control creation based on your needs.

Copying Remote Points

To copy a remote point:

Select the remote point from the tree.
Use the Relocate feature to position the remote point at the centroid of the new geometry or keep the original position.

Copying Connectors

When copying connectors with two geometry definitions:

Define name selections for each side of the new elements.
Specify the separation between faces.
Click on Generate to create connectors.

Ensure correct orientation by using name selections for mobile and reference sides.

Conclusion

This video demonstrated how to use the object generator to improve productivity in mechanical modeling. Thank you for watching. Stay tuned for more insights from Ozen Engineering, Inc.

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Hi, this is Edwin from Ozen Engineering Inc. Today we are going to talk about the Object Generator, which is a wonderful tool to improve productivity in creating your finite element model. Let's see the features of this tool.

To begin with Object Generator, we are going to go to the Automation tab and then select the Object Generator button. Now at the right, we have the Mechanical Application Wizard with the Object Generator selected. Now, we are going to select the object we want to copy.

In this example, I'm going to use this face sizing mesh control which is applied to this internal face. Then we can see this is already applied. Then, we need to select some geometries to apply the new copies of this object. For example, I'm going to select some additional faces.

For example, this one and this one. These two faces. And I'm going to click on Generate to create these new face sizing mesh controls. We can see now that we have applied a new object here and a new one there. We have this new object here.

We have this new two objects that will be useful to create this mesh control. Now, I'm going to delete them. Delete. And I'm going to use another option. Again with the face sizing control. I'm going to use, for example, the option Name Selection. I have two name selections in my model.

You can see this is one and this is another one on the other side. And I'm going to select again my face sizing mesh control. But I'm going to select, for example, this NS01 which is the name selection from this side. And then click on Generate.

Now, we have again three controls but they are applied to the elements of the name selection. Which is very interesting because we can see. Just using one click, we can create copies of all these elements. Now, I'm going to use another example here. Let's delete this. Okay.

Now, for example, we can again using the same object and keeping the current selection. We are going to explore now this scope two options. We have three options here. We have Each Entity. We have Adjacent Entity. And All Entities by Part.

For example, the first one, Each Entity, will create one copy of the template object for each selection I've made in my screen. For example, I can do one, two, and three objects. I'm going to select this one. Which is adjacent to the first one. Then I have selected four faces.

And I'm going to click on Generate. Now using the option Each Entity, I have four mesh controls. One on this face. One here. But these two last, we can see they are two independent controls. Even if the surfaces are adjacent. This is the effect of the Each Entity option.

Now again, we can create a new one. Using the same object. Using the same options. But changing to Adjacent Entities. And I'm going to select these three faces. And click on Generate. Now I have two controls. One applied to these two adjacent faces. Grouped in just one control.

And this second one in this independent face. This is no adjacent. There is no adjacent faces here. And then we just created one copy of the mesh control here. The last option is using All Entities by Part. Let's delete these two already created. And again using the same example.

We are going to select some entities in each part. For example, this face. This one. This one. This one. And this one. We have five faces selected here. Now we are going to just click on Generate. And we have just two controls. One applied on all the faces from one part.

And the other the same thing but in the other part. This is the way that the All Entity by Part option works. It's interesting because we can group our controls as we need it. Now, let's see another feature here using the Object Generator. We are going to copy this remote point.

You can see here we have a remote point attached to this inner surface in our geometry. And we are going to copy it to create a different one. For example, I have selected the remote point from the three. And I can see it here in the Object Generator.

And I am going to use this feature named Relocate. This one means that if we are selecting a new geometry, we can relocate the remote point at the centroid of this new geometry. Or keep the original one. Let's see how it works. For example, I am going to use this face and this new face.

And I am going to create. Using this. For example, Each Entity. I am going to generate. Using this Relocate On. Then I click on Generate. And I can see each one of them. Has overridden the remote point position to the centroid of the geometry. Now I can delete them. Okay.

And I am going to use the same thing but deleting this checkmark. Then I am going to select the same faces. And generate again. Now we can see both of them keep the original remote point position. And this is how we can control the behavior of this kind of scoping objects that work in that way.

We can keep the position, the original position. Or we can relocate it at the centroid of each one of them. Let's see what happens when we want to copy an additional object that has two geometry definitions. For example, a connector. Let's see we have here a circular connector.

Between these two faces. We have a mobile side marked in blue. And a reference side marked in red. This is how we are going to define our new connectors. We need to define these both faces for each one of the new elements. And. We can't just pick the geometry to create the new one.

Because the software will not know which one is the reference side and which one is the mobile side. That's why we need to use name selection to do so. Let's see in the first place. Let's measure the separation between these two faces. For example, I can select this one.

And then this one with the control key pressed. And go to Home. And I can activate Selection Information. I can read here the separation between these two faces is 14 millimeters. Okay now let's close this panel. And return to our Automation Tab. And knowing that.

I am going to define the one name selection for each side of our new created elements. For example. We see this side. This is the blue side. That means this is the mobile side. And the name selection at this side is this one. Is the NS 01. Okay. Clicking again here in our circular element.

I can select here the NS01 for the mobile side. And the NS02 for the reference. In that way, I am going to create these new elements. Keeping the same orientation previously defined in the original template object. And I need to define two as separation.

We know this is the separation is 14 millimeters. I can use for example 15. And create the elements here in the Generate button. Now you can see we have three connectors. The first one which was already created at the beginning. And these two copies. This one. And this one.

As you can see for example here. We have the mobile side. This is the blue one. At the same face side. But the end. The reference is at the same. It's sharing the side. But if. For example, if I select. By mistake in the opposite selection here in the name selection. I can have a different behavior.

Let's delete these connectors. And I am just going to invert this selection. And again hitting Generate. Now we have four. You can see. We have one. The original one. Two. Three. And four. This is the first one and the fourth. Now we can see. The last created.

Has the reference side at this side of the model. But the other one has the mobile side. That's why they are different. And this mark. The ignore original is not working. Even if we have marked this option. This is because the reference side is other side.

That means the copy is not exactly the same. That's why it's not ignored. Even if we marked the original. Ignore original mark. Let's delete that. And. Try again. For example. We can see now. If we use this guy. And the good. In the good sense. And hit Generate. We have three. Which is good. Now.

Let's try what happens when I unmark this option. Again. Let's. Okay. Let's clear this ignore original mark. And generate. Now we have again four. But. The first and the fourth. Are similar. Because we unmark this option. This is how it works. Okay. Let's clear all of them again. And now.

We can change the behavior. Of the quantity of elements. We are going to create. Moving. This value. For example. We know. The separation is 14 millimeters. What happens if. I use. For example. 16 millimeters. And. And I hit Generate. Now. We see we have. Eight. Connectors. This is because. The end.

Of this. Circle. Lies. Between. This range. We define here. With the end. Of this other guy. That's why we have this diagonal. Connectors. Which may be. Are the side. Or not. That depends of your. Modeling. Intentions. But. Doing so. You can control. The. Real behavior. Of this. Creation.

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