Convert Geometry
Use the Convert tool to tessellate b-spline geometry and convert to discrete geometry.
You can convert to discrete geometry by faceting or remeshing. B-spline geometry will be removed after faceting, and all topology definitions, solids, surfaces, lines, points, IDs, and metadata will be retained. The workflow for discrete geometry will be the same as b-spline geometry. After converting the b-spline model to a discrete model, you will be able to use most tools with the same interactions.
Proper, finer sizes in tessellation will help to capture shape, and operations based on discrete geometry will be more robust.
Convert Tool
An overview of the Convert tool.
Use the Convert tool to tessellate b-spline geometry and convert to discrete geometry.
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Faceting Options
The faceting method creates stl-type mesh. It is a quick method and can capture all curvature precisely.
- Faceting size definition
- Method for defining facet size and quality. Fine, Coarse, and Normal auto decide sizes based on the model. User-defined method enables you to define mesh size settings.
- Maximum size
- Maximum facet size. This size is applied on flat surfaces. Size on curved surfaces is determined based on the feature angle and defined deviation.
- Geometric feature angle
- Maximum angle between generated faceted elements.
- Define maximum deviation
- Enables you to control maximum deviation of facets from original geometry.
- Maximum geometric deviation
- Restricts the maximum deviation of generated facets from original geometry. To achieve maximum deviation, the mesher will refine facets at curvature.
- Minimum size factor
- Controls minimum facet size to be generated. Defined as a factor of the maximum size. Some facets edges may be smaller than the defined factor.
Surface Meshing Options
The surface meshing method generates good quality, smooth mesh. All geometric editing operations work better on good quality mesh. Also, the same mesh can be utilized directly for volume mesh.
- Average size
- Set the average element size for surface meshing.
- Curvature based refinement
- Option to turn on mesh refinement based on geometric curvature.
- Minimum size factor
- The minimum element size, as a factor of the average element size. Value must be less than or equal to 1.
- Geometric feature angle
- The maximum allowable break angle between adjacent elements.
- Mesh growth rate
- The factor to control the rate of transition in case of element size change.