Fill Cracks
Dialog Box
This is used to fill cracks and slots of selected bodies or faces.
Crack
Cracks are defined as a closed loop of free element edges with an angle between adjacent free element edges less than or equal to 30 degrees. Cracks are filled either by splitting the free element edge or by equivalence the free edge nodes.
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Slot
Cracks with an angle between 30 degrees to the maximum angle are identified as slots. In addition to the angle check, the free edge length should be less than or equal to the minimum edge length. Slots are filled by creating TRI elements.
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