How to mesh 2D or 3D images?
There are several different programs that allow for meshing of solid models depending on what kind of analysis you want to do. You can use the Mechanica add-in for Pro-Engineer to mesh the model for FEA analysis, but I’ve mostly seen this done for use in ANSYS and static load analysis (the first link is a link to this procedure). For dynamic analysis I’d probably go with LS-Dyna. Dyna allows you to insert an iges file and mesh directly in the pre-processor. The LTSC website is the second link below. Unfortunately I don’t know of any good, free softwares that allow this type of meshing/analysis. Both ANSYS and Dyna have their own little quirks that you’d have to learn and neither come cheap.
