Cell Size Adaptivity

cell size adaptivity overview cell size adaptivity allows for greater control in conforming a lattice to smaller features in the design space cell size selection in design engine allows for choosing the main cell size as part of the unit cell the main cell size may not work well for small features, even when the size works for the rest of the part cell size adaptivity allows you to select an alternate smaller cell size, for better conformity to smaller features in doing so, you can keep most of the lattice less dense, but allow a tighter conformity at the surface where needed cell size adaptivity guidelines and tools lattice parameters docid\ f f8roxdabcrrbeudh6q1 provide basic recommendations for cell size adaptivity based on your overall part geometry design engine also offers multiple tools to analyze (either your lattice or your geometry) and provide feedback for cell size adaptivity adaptivity docid\ brvmow6lohbp06yia5n0k and analysis docid\ xtn8td3dzr4g7acdr8 3b users can use the analysis feedback to manually select a smaller cell size for smaller features via cell size adaptivity docid\ upbqxwwljaafbsctezwed or can directly apply suggested cell sizes where advised via a cell size adaptivity docid\ upbqxwwljaafbsctezwed alternatively, you can use the provided feedback to inform you on areas of the design space warranting either a design change or separate zones docid\ efk8rievt0jgcmqhe2ifv workflow options there are multiple workflow paths to use the analysis tools and enable cell size adaptivity, illustrated in this path diagram reference analysis docid\ xtn8td3dzr4g7acdr8 3b and adaptivity docid\ brvmow6lohbp06yia5n0k for their respective workflows from there, cell size adaptivity workflow video text hover over analysis or adaptivity points to view recommended cell sizes create a strut lattice select boundary mesh enter unit cell parameters click advanced lattice population cell size adaptivity choose a small cell size closest to suggested size click generate example in this example, most of the part is large and meets performance needs with a cell size of 12 mm when using a main cell size of 12 mm and no cell size adaptivity , the smallest feature does not fully populate does not fully populate with lattice struts cell size suggestions in the small feature area lattice parameters docid\ f f8roxdabcrrbeudh6q1 advise a cell size of 6 75 mm analysis analysis tool suggests a cell size of 5 79 5 8 mm thickness & adaptivity thickness & adaptivity tool suggests a cell size of 6 46 6 5 mm cell size adaptivity select a smaller cell size from the cell size adaptivity pull down menu options are 1/1, 1/2, 1/4 or 1/8 of the main cell size 1/2 of the main cell size closely matches the recommendations in this example (6 mm) cell size adaptivity result voronoi 12 mm main cell size with 1/2 of main (6 mm) cell size adaptivity cell size adaptivity table instead of selecting a single cell size from the adaptivity pull down menu, you can choose to use the analysis data points to adapt cell size exactly as analyzed in only the areas suggested workflow video text hover over analysis or adaptivity points to view recommended cell sizes create a strut lattice select boundary mesh enter unit cell parameters click advanced lattice population cell size adaptivity table choose adaptivity analysis or cell size adaptivity click generate adaptivity results comparison standard cell size adaptivity results note how the standard cell size adaptivity results will use the smaller cell size for conformity throughout the part, not just in the area of the small feature size analysis results using the analysis data points for adaptivity applies conformity only in the area where a different cell size was recommended thickness & adaptivity results the thickness & adaptivity data points, however, did not make a difference in the resulting lattice the end of the small feature reads the full depth of the part, which does not yield a smaller suggested cell size refer to adaptivity docid\ brvmow6lohbp06yia5n0k and analysis docid\ xtn8td3dzr4g7acdr8 3b for more information on when to use each tool per your geometry