Create Tetra Mesh
Use the Tetra: Create tool to create tetra mesh from closed volumes of shell elements, or from solid or closed surface geometry.
Tetra: Create Tool
An overview of the Tetra: Create tool.
Use the Tetra: Create tool to create tetra mesh from closed volumes of shell elements, or from solid or closed surface geometry.
- Access
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Options
- Element size definition
- The mesh size definition used to create the tetra mesh.
- Average size
- The average element size used to create the tetra mesh.
- Element order
- Specify whether or not to create mid-edge nodes.
- Maximum size
- The maximum element size used to create the tetra mesh.
- Retain Existing Surface Mesh
- The existing surface mesh is retained.
- Curvature Based Refinement
- ]Enable boundary refinement based on curvature. Used defined minimum size and feature angle will be utilized.
- Growth rate
- The factor to control the rate of transition in case of element size change.
- Layered tetra
- Enable layered element generation in close proximity areas.
- Number of layers
- The number of layers to use.
- Fix invalid surface mesh
- Fix invalid input surface mesh before tetra mesh creation.
- Quality control criteria
- The quality control criteria to be used while creating the tetra mesh.
- Tetra collapse >
- Optimize the tetra elements to have tetra collapse greater than this value.
- Cell squish <
- Optimize the tetra elements to have cell squish less than this value.
- Volume skew <
- Optimize the tetra elements to have volume skew less than this value.
- Fill voids
- Fill the innermost cavity while creating the tetra mesh.
- Fix mid-nodes for a second order mesh
- Fixes the mid-node positions for a second order tetra mesh.
- Quality
- The tetramesh optimization method to be used while generating mesh.
- Meshing method
- The meshing method to be used when creating the tetra mesh.
- Mesh destination
- The component in which the tetra mesh is to be organized.
- Restrict minimum size
- Restricts the minimum size of the tetra mesh
- Minimum size
- The minimum size of the tetra mesh.