Operations and Attributes for Meshes that Define their own Geometric Model

Table 4-3 is an overview of the operations that can be used on meshes that define their own geometric model, such as imported meshes.

Table 4-3: Mesh Operations supported for Meshes that define their own Geometric Model
Feature type	Localized Type Description in GUI	Default Name in GUI
Adapt	Adaptive mesh refinement.	ada
Ball	Ball	ball
BndLayer	Boundary Layers	bl
Box	Box	box
Convert	Convert a mesh to a simplex mesh.	conv
CreateDomains	Create Domains	dom
CreateEdges	Create Edges	edg
CreateFaces	Create Faces	fac
CreateVertices	Create Vertices	vtx
Cylinder	Cylinder	cyl
DeleteEntities	Delete Entities	dele
DetectFaces	Detect Faces	detf
FillHoles	Fill Holes	fill
FreeTri	Create an unstructured triangular mesh.	ftri
FreeTet	Create an unstructured tetrahedral mesh.	ftet
FreeQuad	Create an unstructured quadrilateral mesh.	fq
Import	Import	imp
JoinEntities	Join Entities	join
LogicalExpression	Logical Expression	le
Refine	Refine a mesh.

Table 4-4: Mesh Attributes supported for Meshes that define their own Geometric Model
Operation type	Description	Default Name in GUI
BndLayerProp	Boundary Layer Properties	blp
Distribution	Distribution	dis
Size	Size	size
Transform	Position, rotate, or scale a mesh.	tr