Node Surface and Meshing

Coreform Cubit Meshing
#1

I have developed nodal positions for a 2D model. I have fitted surfaces to the nodes to establish the pattern of the elements. I would like to save the file as an exodus file for use in an FEM study. I receive the following error when I try to save the mesh file: " The Exodus output format cannot output elements of type UNKNOWN_ELEMENT_TYPE"

I am at a loss for how to get this node/surface combination to work a mesh file. Please help. It took multiple days hours to construct this simple model. It is a benchmark geometry that I need in order to validate my FEM model.

DFG Mesh Point Coordinates
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#2

Hello @tdoggwise,

Do you have a journal file that you can share?

In your image it appears that while you’ve created partitioned geometry that you’ve not actually generated the mesh yet. If you wish to have a single element per surface then you should do the following:

merge all # Enforce contiguous mesh
surf all interval 1 # Specify number of mesh intervals on each surface
mesh surf all
#3

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I believe this is the latest one.