Mesh Elements

Elements fill in the area between the nodes to define the flow area. Manual elements creation is very labor intensive. Automatic mesh generation techniques should be applied whenever possible. The Map Module provides powerful, fully automatic mesh generation. However, some semi-automatic mesh generation methods are available using commands in the Elements menu of the Mesh Module. The Elements Menu includes the following commands:

• Element Options

• Triangulation

• Rectangular Patch

• Triangular Patch

• Select Thin Triangles

• Find Element

• Convert Element commands

• Renumber

• Assign Material Type