Electrostatic Mesh

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Electrostatic Mesh

The electrostatic mesh provides a one-click solution to generate the surface Tri mesh for Electrostatic analysis.

Mesh size

Electrostatic mesh is supported only for CAD bodies. By default, all the bodies in the model will be meshed.

In case of Parasolid models, bodies will be connected to make a general body for getting matching mesh.

  • Average element size

    The average element size is the average element edge length for Tri elements. The element edge length will vary between (average element size)*sqrt(2) and (average element size)/sqrt(2).

  • Maximum angle per element

    The maximum angle per element will control the number of elements along the fillet curvature direction. The default maximum angle per element is 15 degrees.

Conductor

Conductors are bodies that conducts electricity. At Sharp edges of a conductor, electric field will be higher. To capture the field variable with more accuracy mesh refinements are done near sharp edges.

  • Sharp edge element size

    Convex edges on the conductors will be meshed with Sharp edge element size. Default size is 0.2.

  • Skip sharp edges on symmetry planes

    This option will skip the convex edges on the symmetry plane from the sharp edge refinement.

Use proximity

This option will refine mesh on the faces that are in given proximity range. These refinements at the surface mesh will ensure getting required number of Tet layers while volume meshing.

By default, conductors will be considered for proximity mesh refinement. If required, bodies other than conductors could also be selected for proximity mesh refinements.

  • Proximity distance

    Proximity distance is the range of closeness between surfaces that are to be considered for mesh refinement.

  • Number of layers

    Number of layers will ensure minimum number of layers created between the faces within the given proximity range.

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