These objects provide control to the mesh objects. The objects are grouped by functionality.
| Mesh | |
|---|---|
| These objects define and manage mesh properties. | |
| Object | Description |
| Gasket | Defines the gasket mesh control beneath the Mesh object when the Body object's Stiffness Behavior is set to Flexible. |
| Mesh | Manages all meshing functions and tools for a model; includes global controls that govern the entire mesh. |
| Mesh Control Tools | Objects available for fine tuning the mesh. |
| Mesh Edit | |
|---|---|
| These objects define and manage mesh connections/contact matches and nodes. | |
| Object | Description |
| Mesh Connection Group/Contact Match Group | Defines mesh connections/contact matches between selected topologies. |
| Mesh Connection/Contact Match | Defines mesh connection/contact match conditions for individual topology pairs. |
| Mesh Edit | Creates Mesh Connections and Contact Matches as well as merges and/or moves individual nodes on the mesh (once generated). |
| Node Merge Group | Defines nodes that have been merged on a generated mesh. |
| Node Merge | Merges pairs of nodes on the mesh. |
| Node Move | Selects and moves individual nodes on the mesh. |
| Mesh Numbering | |
|---|---|
| These objects control the renumbering of nodes and elements. | |
| Object | Description |
| Mesh Numbering | Includes any quantity of Numbering Control objects, which renumber the node and element numbers of a generated meshed model consisting of flexible parts. |
| Numbering Control | Represents a part, vertex, or Remote Point whose nodes/elements can be renumbered. |