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.