ANSYS Material Designer is a useful tool to homogenize (average) complex components with multiple composite materials so that the component’s material can be represent by an orthotropic material or Hill material.
Use “Extend” to select adjacent tiny faces so that Virtual Topology->Merge Cells can be used to merge them. This is a much simpler procedure than using Worksheet. Watch the bottom status bar; if it says 2 or more Faces Selected you need to Merge Cells.
If two faces are selected, the status bar will show that.
Worksheet is a beautiful tool to select hundreds of edges with a bunch of rules. Applying mesh size control to these selected edges could produce a consistent mesh pattern among many bodies.
Adam Szczepaniak Theory Center Senior Staff, Jefferson Lab
Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Director of Nuclear Theory Center, Indiana University