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Imprint mesh on surface so that I can use the same mesh (as my starting point) for my new mesh on the adjacent part

shaheer.iqbal
Hello,
I think this will be hard to explain but here is what I am trying to do.
Suppose we have 2 solid cube on top of each other (larger cube on the bottom and smaller cube on the top). I mesh the top cube with fine mesh (quad mesh surface and then extrude).
On the bottom cube (adjacent surface to the top cube) I would like to imprint the mesh from the top surface onto bottom and use the same boundary and mesh the remaining surface such that the imprint mesh stays same.
how can I achieve this task?
 
thanks
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    First you have to do Edit > Solid > Imprint in the Geometry menu. This will cut-out a face of the same shape of the smaller cube on the bigger cube.
     
    Then, in Create > Mesh > Solid, Mesher: Tetmesh, pick the bigger unmeshed cube for "Input List". Then click Assembly Parameters, click ON "Match Parasolid Faces", then pick the smaller meshed cube for "Neighbor Solid List",
     
    When you Apply on the main form you should get a Tetmesh on the big cube that matches the pattern of the mesh on the face of the smaller cube where it interfaces.
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    Thank you for the reply. you response include meshing with Tetmesh. I am more interesting in hex meshing. That is why I want to imprint the quad mesh on the surface of the new cube and use it to remesh the new new surface and then extrude it​
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    If you are working with HexMesh, then you can still do the Edit > Solid > Imprint step, but then you would want to mesh the outer area of the cut face of the with quads, skin the solid mesh on the face of the inner area to get the quads there. Then you can Sweep > Element > Extrude the quads to get HexMesh the rest of the larger cube geometry.
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