Tetramesh Process Panel

This panel guides you through certain steps to create tetra-meshes efficiently and effectively.

Not every step in the process is mandatory; you can follow the entire process or just a few steps, based on your requirements. (This is standard for Process Manager functionality.)

Using the process-based approach provides several benefits:

•	A step by step process to help you navigate through the different steps necessary to create a high quality tetramesh quickly.

Note:

Effective tetrameshing requires a standard surface mesh to use as a base from which the 3D tetras are built, so the first several steps of the process revolve around achieving quality surface meshes.

•	Specific geometry cleanup and meshing algorithms are implemented in the Tetramesh Process Manager template to handle complex parts efficiently.

•	A specific Tetramesh Process instance can be saved so its parameters can be reused later on similar parts--allowing for increased efficiency and implementation standards.

•	The Tetramesh Process template can be used for automated geometry and element cleanup (Batch Mesher).

When you first select Tetramesh Process from the Mesh > Create menu, you are given two options:

•	Create New starts new process with default settings; provide a session name and location where the template and related files will be saved.

•	Load Existing opens a file browser so that you can load a previously saved process manager template file (*.pmi).

The Tetramesh Process Manager template guides you through some basic steps necessary for tetra meshing complex parts:

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You can go back and forth between template panels and core panels to take advantage of core functionality by undocking the Process Manager panel. To dock and undock the Process Manager panel, click .

The Tetramesh Process Manager template helps in four major areas: geometry clean up, meshing, mesh cleanup, and model checking. These steps can be executed independent of each other as long as required information is available.

Critical steps in the tetrameshing process of a complex part are automated to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

Note:

Please execute steps only once, unless a reject option is available within the current step. If you are not sure about the outcome of the next step, save the process before going further. Refer to the Process Manager help to learn more about different options available for general Process Manager templates.