*defaultremeshelems

Re-meshes a selection of elements using various options, and deletes the original elements.

Syntax

*defaultremeshelems mark_id elem_size elem_type elem_type_2 comp_mode size_control skew_control edge_mesh_type min_size max_size max_deviation max_angle previous_settings vertex_angle

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify

Description

Re-meshes a selection of elements using various options, and deletes the original elements.

Inputs

mark_id
The ID of the mark containing the elements to re-mesh. Valid values are 1 and 2.
elem_size
The default element size used to calculate element densities along edges (when necessary).
elem_type
Flag indicating the elements generated for mapped meshing algorithms. Valid values are:
  • 0 - trias
  • 1 - quads
  • 2 - mixed
  • 3 - right trias
  • 4 - quads only
elem_type_2
Flag indicating the elements generated for free meshing algorithms. Valid values are:
  • 0 - trias
  • 1 - quads
  • 2 - mixed
  • 3 - right trias
  • 4 - quads only
comp_mode
Parameter specifying how entities are organized into components:
  • 0 – Elements are created in the current component. Boundaries between components are not maintained when remeshing.
  • 1 – Elements are created in the same components as the source elements. Boundaries between components are maintained when remeshing
size_control
Flag indicating whether to create uniformly sized elements. Valid values are:
  • 0 – Do not create uniformly sized elements.
  • 1 – Create uniformly sized elements.
skew_control
Flag indicating whether to create optimally shaped elements when using mapping algorithms. Valid values are:
  • 0 – Do not create optimally shaped elements.
  • 1 – Create optimally shaped elements.
edge_mesh_type
Determines the algorithm for edge meshing:
  • 1 – Standard edge meshing.
  • 2 – Chordal deviation edge meshing.
  • 11 – Standard edge meshing with flow “align” control.
  • 12 – Chordal deviation edge meshing with flow “align” control.
  • 14 – Standard edge meshing with flow “align” and “size” control.
min_size
Minimum edge size for chordal deviation edge meshing. Ignored, if edge_mesh_type is not set to 2 or 12.
max_size
Maximum edge size for chordal deviation edge meshing. Ignored, if edge_mesh_type is not set to 2 or 12.
max_deviation
Maximum deviation for chordal deviation edge meshing. Ignored, if edge_mesh_type is not set to 2 or 12.
max_angle
Maximum angle value (in degrees) between edges for chordal deviation edge meshing. Ignored, if edge_mesh_type is not set to 2 or 12.
previous_settings
Flag indicating whether to break, keep or redo connectivity between neighboring surfaces. Valid values are:
  • 0 – Keep previous settings and do not break connectivity between neighboring surfaces.
  • 1 – Break connectivity between neighboring surfaces.
  • 2 – Keep connectivity between neighboring surfaces.
  • 3 – Redo connectivity between neighboring surfaces by expanding surface selection by one layer of adjacent surfaces.
vertex_angle
When the vertex between two edges exceeds this value, a new node is created to form a vertex. Thus, using high values results in fewer nodes on curved edges, and therefore less-accurate edge approximation. A standard value is 30.

Examples

To remesh all elements with a first order mixed mesh of size 4.5, maintaining the original components,with size and skew control, with flow and alignment control, keeping the existing connectivity, a vertex angle of 25, and automatically detecting connected features with a feature angle of 20:
*elementorder 1
*featureangleset 20
*setusefeatures 3
*createmark elems 1 all
*defaultremeshelems 1 4.5 2 2 1 1 1 14 0 0 0 0 2 25

Errors

Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect errors, you can use the catch command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
   # Handle error
}