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From the
Automated Modeling section of
the
action bar,
click
Meshing Rules Editor
.
The
Meshing Rules Editor dialog box appears.
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To create a new meshing rules document, select a
Rules type and enter a name in the
Meshing Rules box.
You can create rules for the following types of meshes:
- Beam
- Octree Triangle
- Octree Tetrahedron
- Surface Triangle
- Surface Quad
- Sweep
- Tetrahedron
Note:
Not all parameters are applicable to each
mesh
type.
For more information on meshing, see the
Multiphysics Meshing Guide.
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To modify an existing meshing rules document:
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Click
.
The
Object Selection dialog box appears.
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Select one of the following tabs:
- From Search to select a meshing rules
document from all the meshing rules documents stored in the database.
- From File to import a meshing rules
document stored on your computer.
- From Session to select a meshing rules
document from the meshing rules documents already loaded in your session.
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Click
OK in the
Object Selection dialog box.
The
Meshing Rules Editor dialog box is updated and
displays the meshing rules that are defined in the selected document.
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Specify the
Mesh parameters.
For more information about the available parameters, see
Basic Mesh Parameters.
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Specify the
Geometry parameters.
For more information about the available parameters, see
Geometry Parameters.
The
Geometry parameters are available for
tetrahedron, surface triangle, and surface quad meshes.
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Specify the
Quality parameters.
Quality parameters are available for all
mesh rule types except beam and tetrahedron.
For more information about the available parameters, see
Quality Parameters.
For definitions and images of the quality criteria, see the
Quality Criteria dialog box, located with the
Quality Analysis tools in the
Check section of the
action bar.
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Specify
Maximum nodal deviation parameters.
Maximum nodal deviation parameters are
available only for surface triangle and surface quad meshes.
For more information about the available parameters, see
Maximum Nodal Deviation Parameters.
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Specify
Feature parameters to manage rules for geometric
features such as holes, fillets, and beads.
For more information about the available parameters, see
Feature Parameters.
Feature parameters are available for
tetrahedron, surface triangle, and surface quad meshes.
To edit, delete, activate, or deactivate an existing rule, use the
context menu
options.
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Click one of the following:
If the meshing document does not already exist, the
Document / Document Customized dialog box
appears when you click
Apply or
OK. If needed, modify the name of the meshing
rules document in the
Name box, and click
Finish.
If the meshing rules document already exists, a message appears
when you click
Apply or
OK. Click one of the following:
- Yes to overwrite the meshing rules
document with the current modifications.
- No to cancel the creation of the meshing
rules document.
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