Create 2D Surface Mesh
Use the Panel Mesh: Create tool to create a surface mesh and remesh elements.
A surface mesh or "shell mesh" represents model parts that are relatively two-dimensional, such as sheet metal or a hollow plastic cowl or case. Surface meshes are placed on the outer faces of solid objects, and are used as a baseline mapping point when creating more complex 3D meshes (the quality of a 3D mesh largely depends on the quality of the 2D mesh from which it is generated).
Panel Mesh: Create Tool
An overview of the Panel MeshInteractive: Create tool.
Use the Panel Mesh: Create tool to create a surface mesh and remesh elements.
- Access
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Options
- Element size
- Set the average element size.
- Active mesh mode
- Select the meshing mode, with interactive allowing access to the mesh editing tools.
- Curvature based refinement
- Option to turn on mesh refinement based on geometric curvature.
- Method
- Select the adaptive meshing method.
- Minimum size factor
- The minimum element size, as a factor of the average element size. Value must be less than or equal to 1.
- Maximum deviation factor
- The maximum allowable deviation between an element edge and a geometry edge, as a factor of the average element size.
- Feature angle
- The maximum allowable break angle between adjacent elements.
- Minimum edge density
- Enable a minimum number of elements along an edge.
- Minimum density
- Set the minimum number of elements created along an edge.
- Apply if edge length <
- Apply a minimum edge density when edge lengths are less than the specified value.