Advanced Meshing Tools

Enhanced Functionalities

Surface Meshing

Offset in RBM
You can apply an offset while creating a mesh with the Rule Based Surface Mesher. The mesh is created based on an offset representation of the geometry (the actual geometry is unchanged). This results in a higher quality mesh than if the surface were meshed and then offset.
Curve Projection
The local specification for the projection of curves to constrain a mesh has been enhanced to allow selection of curves from 2D and 3D features as well as the 1D features that were available previously. In addition, if you use automatic mesh capture while creating a surface mesh with RBM, you can also automatically project curves. If you automatically project curves during mesh capture, the same tolerance is used for mesh capture and curve projection.
Mesh Part Selection in RBM
The automatic mesh capture option in the Rules Based Surface Mesh dialog box now includes an option to select all mesh parts. Choosing this option will account for all up to date meshes within the automatic mesh capture tolerance range when you create the surface mesh.
Analysis Tools in RBM
The Free Edges, Cutting Plane, Interferences, and Element Quality Analysis tools are now available in the Rules Based Meshing workbench. These tools are located in the Mesh Analysis Tools toolbar.