Defining the Global Mesh

You can define the global density of the mesh throughout your model. You can choose cubic elements or elements that have different dimensions in the x-y plane versus the build direction.

  1. From the section of the action bar, click Global Mesh Density .
  2. Specify the global mesh density in either of the following ways:
    • Drag the slider to a point between Coarse and Fine.
    • Enter the element size for the global mesh directly in the Element size field.
  3. Optional: Clear the Use uniform cube elements check box to specify elements with a different length in the build direction.
    You can now modify the build direction element size independently of the x-y plane mesh size using the slider or the element size field.
  4. Click OK.