Monitoring Mesh Quality

Diagnostic information pertaining to the quality of the mesh is available only in the Refine stage.

To report on the quality of the generated mesh:

  1. From the Monitors menu in the ribbon of the Simulation tab, select Custom.
  2. Select Mesh Quality from the variable list in the Monitors HUD.
  3. Select the geometry for which you want mesh information.
  4. Choose one of the following metric types to evaluate the quality of the generated mesh:
    The minimum, maximum, average, and standard deviation values are reported for the selected metric type.
  5. Click the green check mark to accept the settings.

Once the mesh is generated, the selected quality metric is reported in the monitor chart.