4.3 Mesh options

Mesh options control the behavior of mesh commands, as well as the way meshes are displayed in the graphical user interface. For the signification of the `Saved in:' field in the following list, see General options.

Mesh.Algorithm

2D mesh algorithm (1=MeshAdapt+Delaunay, 4=MeshAdapt, 5=Delaunay)
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Algorithm3D

3D mesh algorithm (1=Tetgen+Delaunay, 4=Netgen)
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.AngleSmoothNormals

Threshold angle below which normals are not smoothed
Default value: 30
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.AllowSwapAngle

Treshold angle (in degrees) between faces normals under which we allow an edge swap
Default value: 10
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.BdfFieldFormat

Field format for Nastran BDF files (0=free, 1=small, 2=large)
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.C1Continuity

Impose C1 continuity to high order meshes (only valid in 2D plane and ElemenOrder = 2)
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.CharacteristicLengthExtendFromBoundary

Extend characteristic lengths from the boundaries inside the surface/volume
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.CharacteristicLengthFactor

Factor applied to all characteristic lengths
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.CharacteristicLengthMin

Minimum characteristic length
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.CharacteristicLengthMax

Maximum characteristic length
Default value: 1e+22
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.CharacteristicLengthFromCurvature

Compute characteristic lengths from curvature
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.CharacteristicLengthFromPoints

Compute characteristic lengths from values given at geometry points
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.ColorCarousel

Mesh coloring (0=by element type, 1=by elementary entity, 2=by physical entity, 3=by partition)
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.CpuTime

CPU time (in seconds) for the generation of the current mesh (read-only)
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.CutPlane

Enable mesh cut plane
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.CutPlaneDrawIntersect

Draw only the volume elements that intersect with the cut plane
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.CutPlaneOnlyVolume

Cut only the volume elements
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.CutPlaneA

First cut plane equation coefficient (`A' in `AX+BY+CZ+D=0')
Default value: 1
Saved in: -

Mesh.CutPlaneB

Second cut plane equation coefficient (`B' in `AX+BY+CZ+D=0')
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.CutPlaneC

Third cut plane equation coefficient (`C' in `AX+BY+CZ+D=0')
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.CutPlaneD

Fourth cut plane equation coefficient (`D' in `AX+BY+CZ+D=0')
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.DrawSkinOnly

Draw only the skin of 3D meshes?
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Dual

Display the dual mesh obtained by barycentric subdivision
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.ElementOrder

Element order (1=linear elements, N (<6) = elements of higher order)
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Explode

Element shrinking factor (between 0 and 1)
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Format

Mesh output format (1=msh, 2=unv, 19=vrml, 27=stl, 30=mesh, 31=bdf, 32=cgns, 33=med)
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Hexahedra

Display mesh hexahedra?
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.LabelsFrequency

Labels display frequency?
Default value: 100
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.LabelType

Type of element label (0=element number, 1=elementary entity number, 2=physical entity number, 3=partition number, 4=coordinates)
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Light

Enable lighting for the mesh
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.LightLines

Enable lighting for mesh lines (element edges)
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.LightTwoSide

Light both sides of surfaces (leads to slower rendering)
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Lines

Display mesh lines (1D elements)?
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.LineNumbers

Display mesh line numbers?
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.LineWidth

Display width of mesh lines (in pixels)
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.MinimumCirclePoints

Minimum number of points used to mesh a circle
Default value: 7
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.MinimumCurvePoints

Minimum number of points used to mesh a (non-straight) curve
Default value: 3
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.MshBinary

Write MSH files in binary format?
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.MshFileVersion

Version of the MSH file format to use
Default value: 2
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.NbHexahedra

Number of hexahedra in the current mesh (read-only)
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.NbNodes

Number of nodes in the current mesh (read-only)
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.NbPrisms

Number of prisms in the current mesh (read-only)
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.NbPyramids

Number of pyramids in the current mesh (read-only)
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.NbQuadrangles

Number of quadrangles in the current mesh (read-only)
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.NbTetrahedra

Number of tetrahedra in the current mesh (read-only)
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.NbTriangles

Number of triangles in the current mesh (read-only)
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.Normals

Display size of normal vectors (in pixels)
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Optimize

Optimize the mesh to improve the quality of tetrahedral elements
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.OptimizeNetgen

Optimize the mesh using Netgen to improve the quality of tetrahedral elements
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Points

Display mesh vertices (nodes)?
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.PointNumbers

Display mesh node numbers?
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.PointSize

Display size of mesh vertices (in pixels)
Default value: 4
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.PointType

Display mesh vertices as solid color dots (0) or 3D spheres (1)
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Prisms

Display mesh prisms?
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Pyramids

Display mesh pyramids?
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Quadrangles

Display mesh quadrangles?
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.QualityInf

Only display elements whose quality measure is greater than QualityInf
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.QualitySup

Only display elements whose quality measure is smaller than QualitySup
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.QualityType

Type of quality measure (0=gamma~vol/sum_face/max_edge, 1=eta~vol^(2/3)/sum_edge^2, 2=rho~min_edge/max_edge)
Default value: 2
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.RadiusInf

Only display elements whose longest edge is greater than RadiusInf
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.RadiusSup

Only display elements whose longest edge is smaller than RadiusSup
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.RandomFactor

Random factor used in 2D and 3D meshing algorithm (test other values when the algorithm fails)
Default value: 1e-09
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.RefineSteps

Number of refinement steps in the MeshAdapt-based 2D algorithms
Default value: 10
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.RecombineAlgo

Recombine algorithm (1=mixed triangles-quadrangles, 2=all quadrangles)
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.ReverseAllNormals

Reverse all the mesh normals (for display)
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.SaveAll

Ignore Physical definitions and save all elements
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.SaveGroupsOfNodes

Save groups of nodes for each physical line and surface (UNV mesh format only)
Default value: 0
Saved in: -

Mesh.ScalingFactor

Global scaling factor applied to the saved mesh
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.SecondOrderExperimental

Use experimental code to generate second order mesh
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.SecondOrderIncomplete

Create incomplete second order elements? (8-node quads, 20-node hexas, etc.)
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.SecondOrderLinear

Should second order vertices simply be created by linear interpolation?
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.LcIntegrationPrecision

Accuracy of evaluation of the LC field for 1D mesh generation
Default value: 1e-09
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Smoothing

Number of smoothing steps applied to the final mesh
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.SmoothInternalEdges

Number of smoothing steps of internal edges for high order meshes
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.SmoothNormals

Smooth the mesh normals?
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.StlBinary

Save STL files in binary format?
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.SurfaceEdges

Display edges of surface mesh?
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.SurfaceFaces

Display faces of surface mesh?
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.SurfaceNumbers

Display surface mesh element numbers?
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Tangents

Display size of tangent vectors (in pixels)
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Tetrahedra

Display mesh tetrahedra?
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Triangles

Display mesh triangles?
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.VolumeEdges

Display edges of volume mesh?
Default value: 1
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.VolumeFaces

Display faces of volume mesh?
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.VolumeNumbers

Display volume mesh element numbers?
Default value: 0
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Points

Mesh node color
Default value: {0,0,255}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.PointsSup

Second order mesh node color
Default value: {255,0,255}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Lines

Mesh line color
Default value: {0,0,0}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Triangles

Mesh triangle color (if Mesh.ColorCarousel=0)
Default value: {160,150,255}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Quadrangles

Mesh quadrangle color (if Mesh.ColorCarousel=0)
Default value: {130,120,225}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Tetrahedra

Mesh tetrahedron color (if Mesh.ColorCarousel=0)
Default value: {160,150,255}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Hexahedra

Mesh hexahedron color (if Mesh.ColorCarousel=0)
Default value: {130,120,225}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Prisms

Mesh prism color (if Mesh.ColorCarousel=0)
Default value: {232,210,23}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Pyramids

Mesh pyramid color (if Mesh.ColorCarousel=0)
Default value: {217,113,38}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Tangents

Tangent mesh vector color
Default value: {255,255,0}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Normals

Normal mesh vector color
Default value: {255,0,0}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Zero

Color 0 in color carousel
Default value: {255,120,0}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.One

Color 1 in color carousel
Default value: {255,160,0}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Two

Color 2 in color carousel
Default value: {255,200,0}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Three

Color 3 in color carousel
Default value: {255,240,0}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Four

Color 4 in color carousel
Default value: {228,255,0}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Five

Color 5 in color carousel
Default value: {188,255,0}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Six

Color 6 in color carousel
Default value: {148,255,0}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Seven

Color 7 in color carousel
Default value: {108,255,0}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Eight

Color 8 in color carousel
Default value: {68,255,0}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Nine

Color 9 in color carousel
Default value: {0,255,52}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Ten

Color 10 in color carousel
Default value: {0,255,132}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Eleven

Color 11 in color carousel
Default value: {0,255,192}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Twelve

Color 12 in color carousel
Default value: {0,216,255}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Thirteen

Color 13 in color carousel
Default value: {0,176,255}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Fourteen

Color 14 in color carousel
Default value: {0,116,255}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Fifteen

Color 15 in color carousel
Default value: {0,76,255}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Sixteen

Color 16 in color carousel
Default value: {24,0,255}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Seventeen

Color 17 in color carousel
Default value: {84,0,255}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Eighteen

Color 18 in color carousel
Default value: {104,0,255}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName

Mesh.Color.Nineteen

Color 19 in color carousel
Default value: {184,0,255}
Saved in: General.OptionsFileName