Geometry

Within section, several parameters may be modified to set how the input geometry is preprocessed before the meshing process. It may result on getting or not electrical continuity between surfaces, or discarding spurious shapes.

Figure 1. Meshing advanced parameters geometry tab


Note that every option that may be enabled has at the right side its corresponding parameter to set the maximum threshold allowed. The following parameters are included in this panel:

  • Study geometry enable this option to carry out the input geometry preprocessing. Some features such as the surface sizes or electrical continuities may be evaluated.
    • Study edges enable this option to delete the edges of the input surfaces that are shorter than the Minimum Edge parameter (in meters), extending its adjacent edges. It is only enabled when the Study geometry option is enabled.
    • Study loops enable this option to delete the loops of the input surfaces that are shorter than the Minimum Loop parameter (in meters). It is only enabled when the Study geometry option is enabled.
    • Study areas enable this option to delete the input surfaces that are smaller than the Minimum Area parameter (in square meters). It is only enabled when the Study geometry option is enabled.
    • Detect topology enable this option to detect automatically electrical continuity between neighboring surfaces that are very close but have not been modeled with precise continuity. The maximum separation allowed to set the electrical continuity is the Maximum Distance parameter (in meters). It is only enabled when the Study geometry option is enabled.
    • Split curves enable this option to divide the curved borders of the input surfaces that describe curvatures greater than the Maximum Arc parameter (in degrees). It is only enabled when the Study geometry option is enabled.
    • Scale geometry enable this option to scale internally the geometry during the meshing process by the given factor. When the mesh generation finishes, the output mesh has the same sizes as the original geometry. This option is useful for meshing very small structures. It is only enabled when the Study geometry option is enabled.