FreeTri

Create an unstructured triangular mesh.

Syntax

model.component(<ctag>).mesh(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"FreeTri");

model.component(<ctag>).mesh(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).selection();

model.component(<ctag>).mesh(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).set(property,<value>);

model.component(<ctag>).mesh(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).getType(property);

model.component(<ctag>).mesh(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).create(<ftag1>,ftype);

Description

Use model.component(<ctag>).mesh(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"FreeTri") to create an unstructured triangular mesh.

Use model.component(<ctag>).mesh(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).selection() to specify the domain (boundary in 3D) selection. If you do not specify any selection the feature creates a mesh on the remaining geometric entities in 2D. In 3D, the default selection is empty.

Use model.component(<ctag>).mesh(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).create(<ftag1>,ftype) to add Size or Distribution attribute features.

The following properties are available:

Table 4-46: Available Properties
Property	Value	Default	Description
method	auto \| af \| del	auto	Triangulation method.
xscale	double	1	Scale geometry in x direction before meshing.
yscale	double	1	Scale geometry in y direction before meshing.
zscale	double	1	Scale geometry in z direction before meshing.
smoothcontrol	on \| off	on	Specifies if the operation smooths the mesh across removed control entities.
smoothmaxiter	integer	8 in 2D, 4 in 3D	Specifies the number of smoothing iterations.
smoothmaxdepth	integer	8 in 2D, 4 in 3D	Specifies the maximum element smoothing depth.

Use the property method to specify the method used to triangulate domains in 2D and faces in 3D. A Delaunay based method is used if the property is set to del and an advancing front method is used if the property is set to af. If method is set to auto, the program tries to choose the best method for each geometric entity.

Compatibility

See FreeTet.