Mesh

Surface Repair

  • Improved classification of faces via Cleanup Boundary Tool
    • Allows creation of a smoother and more even boundary adding or removing face triangles
    • Saves time from manually selecting faces or reclassifying faces
  • Append part surfaces option for Modify tools
    • Names of original Part Surfaces are maintained whilst appending a suffix
    • Available in Organize tab and Classify tab
    • In Classify tool newly created part surfaces keep the appended plus the original name

Surface Mesh

  • Automatic curvature refinement along anisotropic part curves
    • Creates a better surface mesh distribution leading to overall increased mesh quality
    • No user input required

Volume Mesh

  • Aspect Ratio (AR) control for Advancing Layer Mesher (ALM)
    • Improved handling of cell aspect ratio during boundary layer mesh generation
    • Eliminates “skinny, stovepipe” prism layers offering better solution accuracy
    • Better control of boundary layer mesh transition from prisms to core mesh
    • Custom surface control support
    • Target aspect ratio value range [0.5, 3.0]
  • Concurrent execution mode for Directed Mesher
    • Improved turnaround time via concurrent execution mode
      • Speedup dependent on number of parts, case complexity and processors used
    • Consistent mesh quality compared to serial execution
    • New mesher execution mode option in the UI
  • Conformal poly/prism mesh with isotropic quad-dominant surface mesh
    • Mesh conformality between input quad-dominant surface mesh and volume mesh
      • Quad Input Surface Conformality option enables a conformal mesh connection
    • Available only for polyhedral mesher with quad-dominant surface mesh