Case Study: TLG Aerospace reduces geometry cleanup and meshing time with Hexagon MSC Apex

MSC Apex helps reduce time required to clean up and mesh geometry by 75%

TLG Aerospace, an aerospace engineering services company, was contracted to perform a finite element analysis on a modified aircraft fuselage but faced a significant challenge. The initial CAD geometry required extensive cleaning to fix issues like mismatched surfaces, gaps, and extraneous facets before it could be meshed, a process they estimated would take over 25 hours using traditional tools. They turned to Hexagon's MSC Apex software to address this productivity bottleneck.

Using Hexagon's MSC Apex, engineers efficiently stitched surfaces, dragged components to close gaps, and removed facets with single commands. The software's dynamic meshing updated automatically as the geometry was cleaned, allowing TLG to complete the entire cleanup and meshing process for both the pre- and post-modification configurations in just 6 hours. This represented a 76% time savings compared to the traditional method, enabling the company to successfully complete its analysis and provide the necessary data for the aircraft modification.

TLG Aerospace

Robert Lind

Director of Engineering