Create Local Mesh by Defining Size

Use the Local tool to interactively create mesh on select surfaces by defining element size.

  1. From the Mesh ribbon, Surface tools, click the Local tool.


    Figure 1.
  2. Optional: On the guide bar, click to define surface mesh options.
  3. Select surfaces.
  4. Click Mesh on the guide bar or the microdialog.
    Surface mesh is created.

Local Tool

An overview of the Local tool.



Figure 2.

Use the Local tool to interactively create mesh on select surfaces based on element size.

Access
Go to Mesh > Local.

Options

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.
Growth rate
The factor to control the rate of transition in case of element size change.
Mesh element type
Select the type of elements used to create the mesh.
Mesh element order
Defines order of mesh to generate.
Treatment to connected mesh
Defines what to do if surfaces adjacent to selection are meshed.
Keep
Preserves neighboring surface mesh and start meshing from those mesh nodes.
Redo
Perform meshing on neighboring surfaces. Enable this option if the existing mesh size of neighboring surfaces is significantly different from the mesh size you are defining while local meshing.