Capabilities

• Generation of triangular, quad surface meshes.
  • Works with non-manifold geometric models (mixtures of solids, shells and wires; embedded surfaces; multi-material models).
  • Fully automatic; no user interaction needed.
  • Meshes periodic surfaces without having to split the surface
• Generation of tetrahedral volume meshes
• Mesh is fully associative with the geometric model.
• Mesh Size and Quality Control
  • Basic mesh size specification is given in terms of desired element size either as an absolute size or a size relative to the model entity it is applied to.
  • Automatic curvature-based refinement can also be applied to control geometric approximation. Smaller elements are automatically generated in areas of high curvature.
  • All mesh controls can be applied globally or on each model entity.
  • Mesh refinement sources allow refinement in arbitrary locations in space.
  • Many mesh controls can also be a function of location to allow even more control of the generated mesh
• Mesh matching - create meshes that exactly match on pairs of model entities. Useful for generating meshes appropriate for the application of periodic boundary conditions.
• Curved meshes - create second order (quadratic) elements where the higher order nodes are correctly placed on the model boundary while ensuring the validity of the mesh
• Anisotropic meshes - create meshes with direction dependent sizing, including based on model curvature.