I have an assembly that contains many parts.
I open a part individually to start a study.
The part will not mesh.
Later I learn I cannot get any of the parts in the assembly to mesh.
I create a simple 1" cube and it will mesh.
Anyone!!!
I open a part individually to start a study.
The part will not mesh.
Later I learn I cannot get any of the parts in the assembly to mesh.
I create a simple 1" cube and it will mesh.
Anyone!!!
I moved all my simulation files to a folder direct under C: and my mesh-problems was gone. Before that noting except beams would mesh.
The message is always the same "Surface mesh successful, volume mesh failed. Reducing element size may help." In a couple of instances, a handful of parts would mesh successfully. I would reduce element size to try to capture the remaining parts, and all parts would fail.
Again, this is an assembly that I successfully meshed several times Monday and Tuesday, even this morning. I made some configuration changes, and suddenly I have difficulty meshing anything.
Any other ideas? I was trying to wrap up a project, and now I've come to a screeching halt.
UPDATE: I tested the assemble on my co-workers computer and it meshed and analyzed fine...just like it did previously on my machine. Could I have corrupted my Solidworks installation somehow?
A quick test would be to copy the study to a new study and try that. Make sure your Simulation results folder path isn't to long.
Rick
I had an issue like this some time ago, and I believe that this temporary file was the culprit. Normally it appears and dissappears without any issue.
Ian
UPDATE: Yep, deleting any FMesh.* files and relocating Simulation files to a folder directly under C: did the trick. Thanks to everyone for the help
Thanks
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