Objective:

Learn how to build a honeycomb lattice on a CAD face.

Applies to:

• Lightweighting

Procedure:

1. Set-Up: Import your CAD Part.

2. Extract Faces:

• Turn the surface of the CAD Body into a CAD Face Variable.

3. Apply a Honeycomb Lattice to the Nozzle:

• Generate a lattice with the Periodic Lattice block.
  • Unit cell: Graph Unit Cell.
    • Unit cell: Triangular honeycomb.
    • Orientation: UVW.
  • Cell map: Cell Map from CAD Face.
    • Face: Nozzle Face (The face selected from the above step).
    • UVW count: 40 X 30 X 1 (Number of cells in the three directions).
    • Height: 1 mm (Cell height from the surface).

And that’s it! You’ve successfully created a honeycomb lattice on a CAD Face. 

Are you still having issues? Contact the support team, and we’ll be happy to help!

Download the Example file:

• Example File

More on this topic:

• How to build a custom lattice unit cell
• Beta lattice block: Cell Map on CAD Face