Boundary Layer Mesh

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About this Block

What it does: Creates a solid mesh along the boundary of a surface mesh using a defined number of layers. There is also an option to create a completely solid mesh. Commons uses:

• Thickening a surface mesh.

Tips:

• If the surface mesh contains quad elements, hexagon elements are created.
• If the surface mesh contains triangular elements, then wedge elements are created.
• If Tetrahedralize is toggled on, it meshes the interior using tetrahedral elements where it can.
• Can’t be used in Topology Optimization because not all elements will be tetrahedral.
• The Growth rate specifies the ratio of element size from one element to another. The number can be anything greater than 1. The smaller the number is, the more uniform the mesh is.

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Example File

Download Example: Boundary Layer Mesh

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Mesh, Integer, Scalar, Scalar, Bool

Create a boundary layer mesh from a surface mesh.

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Mesh, Integer, Scalar, Scalar, Bool, 1.1.0

Create a boundary layer mesh from a surface mesh.

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Mesh, Integer, Scalar, Scalar, Bool, 1.2.0

Create a boundary layer mesh from a surface mesh.

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