Hemispherical Enclosure control automatically creates a hemispherical enclosure for the input scope with the provided parameters. Hemispherical Enclosure Details view has the following options:
General
Scope
Only Part can be selected for creating hemispherical enclosure.
Definition
Define By: Allows you to define the element size based on value or settings. The available options are:
Value: Defines the element size based on the provided value.
Settings: Defines the element size based on the settings under Mesh Settings in the Steps Details view.
Element Size: Allows you to provide the element size. When Define By is Value, you can specify the element size. When Define By is Settings, displays the element size calculated based on the provided Mesh Settings in the Steps Details view. The Element Size is read-only. You can click
on the right corner of the option and
click Publish to publish Element
Size to the worksheet.Center Modality: Allows you to define the center of the hemispherical enclosure. The default value is Centered. The available options are:
Centered: Uses the center of the input scope projected on the plane defined along the orientation.
User Defined: Allows you to define the center using the provided location coordinate (X, Y, Z). The available options are :
X Coordinate: Allows you to provide the location coordinate along X-axis.
Y Coordinate: Allows you to provide the location coordinate along Y-axis.
Z Coordinate: Allows you to provide the location coordinate along Z-axis.
Orientation Modality: Allows you to define the orientation of the hemisphere. The default value is Plus Z. The available options are Plus X, Plus Y, Plus Z, Minus X, Minus Y, Minus Z.
Plane Distance: Allows you to provide the distance from the base of the hemisphere to the model.
Open Closure: Allows you to delete the base of the hemisphere while creating an open enclosure when Open Closure is Yes. The default value is No.
Delete Colliding Faces: Allows you to delete any model face colliding with hemisphere base when Delete Colliding Faces is Yes. The default value is No.
Mesh Type: Allows you to provide the type of mesh. The default value is Quadrilaterals. The available options are:
Triangles: Creates mesh with triangular elements.
Quadrilaterals: Creates mesh with quadrilateral elements.
Note: Hemispherical Enclosure creates quadrilateral mesh for the hemisphere and triangular mesh for the base.
Minimum Absolute Radius: Allows you to provide the minimum radius for the hemispherical enclosure. The default value is 0.0. You can click
on the right corner of the option and
click Publish to publish Minimum Absolute
Radius to the worksheet. You can parameterize
Minimum Absolute Radius.Minimum Number of Layers: Allows you to provide the minimum number of layers between the model and the enclosure. You can parametrize Minimum Number of Layers. The default value is 2. You can click
on the right corner of the option and
click Publish to publish Minimum Number
of Layers to the worksheet.Percentage Increment: Allows you to specify the minimal percentage increment of the enclosure dimensions with respect to the model. The default value is 1.0. You can click
on the right corner of
the option and click Publish to publish
Percentage Increment to the worksheet.