Mesh Toolbar

Table 2-13: the Mesh Toolbar
Button or Menu	Name	Description or Options	Links to more Information
Build
	Build Mesh2	Build the current mesh.	Adding, Editing, and Building Meshing Operations and Attributes
	Mesh (1, 2, 3,...)	Lists the meshes available in the model. Click a Mesh button to go to the node in the Model Builder.	Meshing Overview
	Add Mesh	Add a new mesh to the current model component, or create mesh parts by adding Mesh Part nodes, under which you import a mesh and prepare it for use in a component	Adding, Editing, and Building Meshing Operations and Attributes, Mesh Parts
Import/Export
	Import	Import mesh.	Importing Meshes
	Export	Export mesh.	Exporting Meshes
	Create Geometry	Create a new model component with a geometry created from the mesh.	Creating Geometry from Mesh
Physics Controlled
	Edit	Edit the physics-controlled sequence.	Editing and Resetting a Physics-Controlled Sequence
	Reset	Reset the sequence to the physics-controlled settings.
	Mesh Size (Normal is the default)	See Table 8-1 for a list of options.	The Mesh Toolbar (Predefined Mesh Element Sizes) Mesh Element Quality
Generators
	Sizing	Size, Size Expression, Distribution, Corner Refinement, and Scale	Attributes, Mesh Element Sizing
	Free Tetrahedral	Generate unstructured tetrahedral mesh for 3D components.	Free Tetrahedral
	Swept	Generate swept mesh for 3D components.	Swept
	Boundary	The following are available from this menu: Free Triangular, Free Quad, Mapped, Edge, and Vertex.	Generators
	Boundary Layers	Generate boundary layer mesh.	Boundary Layers
Attributes
	Mesh Size (Normal is the default)	See Table 8-1 for a list of options.	The Mesh Toolbar (Predefined Mesh Element Sizes) Mesh Element Quality
	Distribution	Add a Distribution node under the selected node to specify an element distribution.	Attributes Attributes
	Size Expression	Add a Size Expression node under the selected node to specify an expression for the element size.
	More Attributes	See Attributes.
Operations
	Modify	Refine, Adapt, Convert, and Reference.	Modifying Operations
	Copy	Copy Domain, Copy Edge, Copy Face, and Copy.	Copying Operations
	Booleans and Partitions	Create geometric entities by creating a union, intersecting, or partitioning the mesh. See Union, Intersect with Plane, Partition with Ball, Partition with Box, Partition with Cylinder, Partition by Expression, and Detect Faces (in 3D).	Booleans and Partitions Finalizing the Mesh
	Cleanup and Repair	Clean up and repair meshes that define their own geometric models. See Fill Holes, Collapse Entities, and Merge Entities.	Cleanup and Repair
	Create Entities	Create mesh vertices, edges, faces, and domains in meshes that define their own geometric models.	Create Entities
	Delete Entities	Delete geometric entities.	Delete and Join Entities
	Join Entities	Join adjacent geometric entities.	Delete and Join Entities
Evaluate
	Measure	Measure the volume, area, perimeter, or other geometric properties of the selected geometry objects.	Geometric Measurements
	Statistics	Write information about number and quality of elements to the Messages window.	Mesh Statistics
	Plot	Add a mesh plot.	Mesh (Plot)
Clear
	Clear Built Mesh1	Clear the built mesh in the current sequence while keeping the meshing sequence with its settings.	Clearing Sequences and Deleting Sequences or Nodes
	Clear All Built Meshes1	Clear all built meshes in the model while keeping the meshing sequences with their settings.
	Clear Sequence1	Remove all operation and attribute nodes from a meshing sequence.	Clearing Sequences and Deleting Sequences or Nodes
1 For cross-platform users (macOS and Linux), the combination of buttons that display is dependent on the toolbar setting. For example, some buttons may not be visible if the Tools>Toolbar Display Mode is set to Normal and the Tools>Toolbar Button Label is set to Show Icon and Text. It also depends on whether you are using a Widescreen or Regular Screen Layout. 2 For cross-platform users, this option is available from a different toolbar or menu. See Cross-Platform (macOS and Linux) Toolbars and Menus.

Table 2-13: the Mesh Toolbar

Button or Menu

Name

Description or Options

Links to more Information

Build

Build Mesh2

Build the current mesh.

Adding, Editing, and Building Meshing Operations and Attributes

Mesh (1, 2, 3,...)

Lists the meshes available in the model. Click a Mesh button to go to the node in the Model Builder.

Meshing Overview

Add Mesh

Add a new mesh to the current model component, or create mesh parts by adding Mesh Part nodes, under which you import a mesh and prepare it for use in a component

Adding, Editing, and Building Meshing Operations and Attributes, Mesh Parts

Create a new model component with a geometry created from the mesh.

Creating Geometry from Mesh

Physics Controlled

Edit

Edit the physics-controlled sequence.

Editing and Resetting a Physics-Controlled Sequence

Reset

Reset the sequence to the physics-controlled settings.

Mesh Size (Normal is the default)

See Table 8-1 for a list of options.

The Mesh Toolbar (Predefined Mesh Element Sizes)

Mesh Element Quality

Generators

Sizing

Size, Size Expression, Distribution, Corner Refinement, and Scale

Attributes, Mesh Element Sizing

Free Tetrahedral

Generate unstructured tetrahedral mesh for 3D components.

Free Tetrahedral

Swept

Generate swept mesh for 3D components.

Swept

Boundary

The following are available from this menu: Free Triangular, Free Quad, Mapped, Edge, and Vertex.

Generators

Boundary Layers

Generate boundary layer mesh.

Boundary Layers

Attributes

Mesh Size (Normal is the default)

See Table 8-1 for a list of options.

The Mesh Toolbar (Predefined Mesh Element Sizes)

Mesh Element Quality

Distribution

Add a Distribution node under the selected node to specify an element distribution.

Attributes

Size Expression

Add a Size Expression node under the selected node to specify an expression for the element size.

Refine, Adapt, Convert, and Reference.

Modifying Operations

Copy

Copy Domain, Copy Edge, Copy Face, and Copy.

Copying Operations

Booleans and Partitions

Create geometric entities by creating a union, intersecting, or partitioning the mesh. See Union, Intersect with Plane, Partition with Ball, Partition with Box, Partition with Cylinder, Partition by Expression, and Detect Faces (in 3D).

Booleans and Partitions

Finalizing the Mesh

Cleanup and Repair

Clean up and repair meshes that define their own geometric models. See Fill Holes, Collapse Entities, and Merge Entities.

Cleanup and Repair

Create Entities

Create mesh vertices, edges, faces, and domains in meshes that define their own geometric models.

Create Entities

Delete Entities

Delete geometric entities.

Delete and Join Entities

Join Entities

Join adjacent geometric entities.

Delete and Join Entities

Evaluate

Measure

Measure the volume, area, perimeter, or other geometric properties of the selected geometry objects.

Geometric Measurements

Statistics

Write information about number and quality of elements to the Messages window.

Clear the built mesh in the current sequence while keeping the meshing sequence with its settings.

Clearing Sequences and Deleting Sequences or Nodes

Clear All Built Meshes1

Clear all built meshes in the model while keeping the meshing sequences with their settings.

Clear Sequence1

Remove all operation and attribute nodes from a meshing sequence.

Clearing Sequences and Deleting Sequences or Nodes

1 For cross-platform users (macOS and Linux), the combination of buttons that display is dependent on the toolbar setting. For example, some buttons may not be visible if the Tools>Toolbar Display Mode is set to Normal and the Tools>Toolbar Button Label is set to Show Icon and Text. It also depends on whether you are using a Widescreen or Regular Screen Layout.

2 For cross-platform users, this option is available from a different toolbar or menu. See Cross-Platform (macOS and Linux) Toolbars and Menus.