Meshing
Engineering Solutions offers several meshing algorithms for lines/edges (1D), surfaces (2D) and volumes (3D) which can be accessed via the Mesh menu.
- 2D Boundary Layer Mesh
- Generate 2D meshes with or without boundary layers on planar or non-planar sections defined by sets/groups of edges defining closed loops.
- Adaptive Wrapping
- Get a clean, water tight shell mesh out of 2D mesh containing several intersecting parts and small gaps which do not need to be modeled.
- Automesh
- Create meshes or re-mesh existing meshing interactively or automatically on surfaces or groups of elements
- BL Thickness
- Create a contour plot of the existing distributed thickness values using the Contour panel.
- Boolean Operation
- Connect intersecting 2D elements. This tool works for triangular as well as quadrilateral elements.
- CFD TetraMesh
- Generate hybrid grids, containing hexa/penta elements in the boundary layer and tetra elements in the core or fare field.
- Check Elements
- Verify the basic quality of your elements and to verify the geometric qualities of those elements.
- Create Single Component
- Opens a dialog to create a single component.
- Create CFD Components
- Functionality to define the standard CFD collectors. In the dialog, the commonly used collectors names, such as inflow, are pre-selected. Components can be added or removed from the list and a multiplier for each component can be defined. By clicking Create the selected components are created and appear in the Model Browser.
- Delete
- Delete data from a model database, preview and delete empty collectors and preview and delete unused property collectors, material collectors, or curves.
- Detach
- Detach elements from the surrounding structure.
- Distance
- Determine the distance between two nodes/points or the angle between three nodes/points, or to change distances or angles.
- Drag
- Create a surface and/or mesh by dragging a series of nodes or lines, or to create elements by dragging selected elements.
- Edges
- Find the free edges in a group of elements, find "T" or discontinuous connections in a group of elements (any edges connected to three or more elements), display duplicate nodes and equivalence duplicate nodes.
- Element Cleanup
- Perform automatic cleanup of 2D elements based on the element quality criteria from the Quality Index panel or a separate criteria file.
- Edit Element
- Hand-build, combine, split or modify elements.
- Element Offset
- Create and modify elements by offsetting from a mesh of plate or shell elements.
- Element Types
- Select and change existing element types.
- Faces
- Find the free faces in a group of elements and operates in the same manner as edges, but in 3D.
- Features
- Calculates features (corners) in the current model and displays them by creating one dimensional plot elements or feature lines.
- Fuse
- Connect close proximity, overlapping, and intersecting parts.
- Hex-Core
- Creates a hex-core mesh inside any arbitrary volume defined by a surface mesh consisting of 2D first order elements: tria3 and quad4.
- Hidden Line
- Create hidden line plots of the displayed structure. Also contains the Clip Boundary Elements tool, which allows you to visually sweep the cutting section for greater viewing clarity.
- Hole/Gap Fill
- Mesh holes, gaps, and patches.
- Intersection/Penetration
- Check for penetrations and/or intersections of elements.
- Line Drag
- Create a two or three dimensional surface and/or mesh or elements by dragging nodes, lines or elements along another line.
- Line Mesh
- Create a chain of one dimensional elements such as beams along a line.
- Linear Solid
- Create solid elements between two groups of plate elements.
- Mass Calc
- Obtain the mass, area and/or volume of a selected group of elements, solids or surfaces.
- Mesh Controls
- Define one model specific mesh setting, as well as an unlimited number of local mesh settings.
- Node Edit
- Associate nodes to a point, line, or surface/solid face; move nodes along a surface; place a node at a point on a surface; remap a list of nodes to a line; or project nodes to an imaginary line passing through two nodes.
- Nodes
- Create nodes using a wide variety of methods.
- Normals
- Display the normal of an element or surface, adjust the orientation of element normals and reverse the normal of an element or surface.
- Planar Surface/Mesh
- Create a square, planar surface and/or mesh in a user-specified plane or a surface and/or mesh bounded by planar lines.
- Organize
- Reorganize your database by copying or moving data (entities) among collectors or includes.
- Penetration/Intersection
- Check for penetrations and/or intersections of elements.
- Periodic Mesh
- Generate a grid containing rotational and/or translational symmetric boundaries, for example rotating machinery.
- Project
- Project data entities to a plane, vector, surface, or line.
- Quality Index
- Calculates a single value to represent the quality of the displayed shell (2D) model.
- Quality Index Calculations
- The Quality Index value is a function of twelve criteria with user-defined weight factors.
- Reflect
- Reflect portions of a model about a plane, changing the selected portion into a mirror image of itself.
- Renumber
- Renumber entities.
- Replace
- Allows nodes to be replaced with other nodes.
- Rotate
- Rotate entities around an axis in space.
- Ruled Surface/Mesh
- Create surfaces and/or meshes of plate elements from nodes, lines and/or line segments, in any combination.
- Scale
- Increase or decrease an entity’s dimensions.
- Skin Surface/Mesh
- Create a skin surface and/or mesh from a set of lines.
- Solid Map Mesh
- Create a mesh of solid elements in a solid geometric volume.
- Solid Mesh
- Create meshes in a pentagonal or hexagonal volume defined with edge lines.
- Spin
- Create a surface and/or mesh or elements by spinning a series of nodes, a line or lines, or a group of elements about a vector to create a circular structure.
- Spline Surface/Mesh
- Create a shell mesh and/or surface.
- Split
- Split plate or solid elements.
- TetraMesh
- Fill an enclosed volume with first or second order tetrahedral elements.
- Tetra Mesh Optimization
- Improves the quality of a tetra mesh with respect to several element criteria.
- Translate
- Move entities in a single specified direction.
- Wind Tunnel
- Creates a hexahedral mesh inside the volume.