Click [File]-[New] in menu bar. Create new document and a solid.
Switch workbench to Mesh Design wrokbench.
Click [Meshes]-[Create mesh from shape...] in menu bar and following dailog will be displayed. Select a shape that you want to meshed and set parameters on the dialog.
Mesher that can be used are "Standard", "Mefisto" and "Netgen". Meshes to be created and the parameters of each mesher are as follow.
Parameter | Behavior |
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Surface deviation | If this parameter is smaller, meshes becomes finer. |
Angular deviation | If this parameter is smaller, meshes becomes finer. |
Relative surface deviation | Create meshes depending on edge length. |
Apply face colors to mesh | Set shape color to the mesh. |
Define segments by face color | Set segments to meshes depending on shape colors. |
Parameter | Behavior |
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Maximum Edge length | Maximum edge length. If this parameter is smaller, meshes becomes finer. |
Parameter | Behavior |
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Fineness | Degree of mesh fineness. If you want to customize parameters, select "User defined". |
Mesh size grading | If this parameter is smaller, meshes becomes finer. A value in the range of 0.1-1. |
Element per edge | If this parameter is larger, meshes becomes finer. A value in the range of 0.1-1. |
Element per curvature radius | If this parameter is larger, meshes becomes finer. A value in the range of 0.2-10. |
Optimize surface | Whether optimization of surface shape will be done. |
Second order elements | Whether second order elments will be generated. |
Quad dominant | Whether meshes will be arranged like hexahedral. |
Set paramters in the dialog and click OK to create mesh.
Select the meshed solid on model tree and type space key to hide it. Then select [View]-[Draw style]-[Wireframe] in menu bar to set 3D view wireframe display mode. Now you can see the generated mesh clearly.
After confirm that the mesh does not have the problem, export it by [Meshes]-[Export mesh...] in menu bar.
Following formats can be used for exporting.