Stacker Mesh Workflow maps a 3D model to a 2D plane and generates a 2D mesh to stack it to represent the original input model. The workflow contains steps to detect the stackable bodies, non-stackable bodies and create a MultiZone volume mesh for non-stackable bodies.
Stacker flattens the stackable bodies to generate 2D Mesh and stack it to build 3D elements and delete the base face (2D Mesh).
When you select Mesh Workflows as Stacker Mesh Workflow, Mesh Workflow loads a predefined template with Steps and Outcomes. Mesh Workflow performs these Steps through Controls and Outcomes to achieve the desired mesh.
Stacker Mesh Workflow has the following steps:
Merge Parts: Merges the all parts defined in the scope to a single part.
Note: You can add or delete Merge Parts as per your requirement.
Stacker: Detect Stackable Bodies: Detects the stackable bodies along stacking direction defined the in the Stacker: Stackable Bodies Detection control.
Note: You can add or delete Stacker: Detect Stackable Bodies as per your requirement.
MultiZone: Mesh Volume: Provides automatic decomposition of geometry into mapped (sweepable) regions and free regions and creates volume mesh for the scoped entities.
Note: You can add or delete MultiZone: Mesh Volume as per your requirement.
Stacker: Diagnostics: Scopes the entities and provide the outcome for smallest lateral edge length, smallest stacker edge length and bounding box dimensions.
Note: You can add or delete Stacker: Diagnostics as per your requirement.
Stacker: Flatten Volume: Projects scoped parts scoped parts, zones or labels to the base face defined in the Stacker: Volume Flattening control.
Create Size Field: Creates size field for the mesh workflow model.
Note: You can add or delete Create Size Field as per your requirement.
Stacker: Mesh Surface: Meshes the base face. The operation type available for the Stacker: Mesh Surface is Mesh Surface.
Note: Stacker: Mesh Surface step supports parallel meshing with Number of Cores defined in the Steps Details view. For Stacker Mesh Workflow, when you use Quad Layer control, the Number of Cores defined for parallel meshing in the Steps Details view has no effect.
Stacker: Mesh Volume: Creates volume mesh from the base face with number of divisions along the defined edges.
Stacker: Delete Base Face: Deletes the base face (2D) defined in the Deletion control.
Note: You can add or delete Stacker: Delete Base Face as per your requirement.