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MATCHED MESHING NOW AVAILABLE IN HARPOON
07 January 2007 - NAFEMS
| Sharc Ltd announced today the release of new Matched Meshing software which has been included in the latest version of Harpoon. Harpoon is extremely useful for meshing complex geometry quickly and with very little effort. |
Sharc Ltd announced today the release of new Matched Meshing software which has been included in the latest version of Harpoon. Harpoon is extremely useful for meshing complex geometry quickly and with very little effort. One of its major strengths is that it does not require a watertight surface mesh so can cope with imperfect CAD geometry. If you have already invested the time to create a surface mesh now you can still enjoy all the benefits of a Harpoon volume mesh while retaining the initial surface mesh. This new function is called the Matched Mesh feature and is managed by use of a Delaunay meshing algorithm to match the triangular surface mesh with the Harpoon Hex dominant volume mesh. Matched Meshing is controlled on a per part basis giving you the ability to generate meshes, with some parts of the mesh conforming to the imported surface mesh and other parts meshed in the traditional Harpoon manner or wrapped using the Wrapping feature. This is particularly useful where the geometry becomes dirty or control of the surface mesh distribution is not so important. Zero thickness parts (thin walls) can also be Matched and all other Harpoon features are compatible, such as the powerful boundary layer function, giving you complete control over the type of meshes that you wish to generate. The Matching Mesh feature is another extension to Harpoon’s ever growing feature set, providing flexibility in how you approach problems with meshing. This new Matched Meshing technology is available free of charge to existing Harpoon users. Trial versions are also available for interested parties through www.sharc.co.uk
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NAFEMS is a not for profit organisation aimed at promoting best practices and also fostering education and awareness in the engineering analysis community. In line with its objectives to promote the effective use of simulation technologies, NAFEMS is continually seeking to create awareness of new analysis methodologies, deliver education & training, and stimulate the adoption of best practices and standards by offering a platform for continuous professional development.By the late 1970s and early 1980s, as computing power became more widely available, increasingly industry was starting to solve practical engineering problems using finite element analysis techniques. There was however considerable concern that the accuracy of the methods, and software implementations, required to be verified in order to allow the results to be effectively used. Following extensive lobbying, by industry and academia, the UK Government's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) set up, and funded, a project within the National Engineering Laboratory (NEL), based in East Kilbride, Scotland, to investigate the issues. As a result the National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards, quickly shortened to the acronym NAFEMS, was founded as a special interest group in 1983 with a specific objective namely: "To promote the safe and reliable use of finite element and related technology" In order to keep engineers abreast of the latest developments in the Analysis World the quarterly magazine BENCHmark was launched by NAFEMS in July 1987. After seven years of seed funding by the UK government, and with the support of its industrial members, the decision was taken to launch NAFEMS Ltd as an independent not-for-profit company, owned by its member's in 1990. The company celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2000, and has developed both the scope of its technology focus and its membership well beyond the original vision. Today NAFEMS and its members are involved in many different types of engineering simulation covering both products and processes. Membership continues to grow, now exceeding 700 corporate members in over 30 different countries. Steering groups have been set up in the UK, France, Germany, and the USA to co-ordinate local activities and interaction with members. |
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