You can preview the surface mesh for all unsuppressed parts, individual unsuppressed parts, or individual unsuppressed bodies. This includes single body parts, multibody parts, individual bodies, or multiple selected bodies across different parts or within the same part. You can also export the previewed surface mesh file in Fluent format, as described in Exporting a Previewed Surface Mesh in Fluent Format.
Note:
This feature is not supported for the Patch Independent and MultiZone mesh method controls. It is also not supported for thin model sweeping (that is, use of the Sweep mesh method control with Src/Trg Selection set to or ) .
When previewing surface mesh on bodies that are being meshed with Sweep, not all sizing information is used in the calculation. Previewing surface mesh on such bodies is a crude check to get a general idea whether the surface mesh is appropriate, but the full mesh may look different due to differences in sizing calculations when taking all meshing constraints into account.
Refer to Selective Meshing for general information about selective meshing and limitations related to using the feature with selective meshing.
To preview the surface mesh for all unsuppressed parts:
Select the Mesh object or any mesh control object.
Right-click to display the context menu, or choose the drop-down menu from the toolbar.
Select in the context menu or in the drop-down menu. The surface mesh is displayed for the model when you select the Mesh object.
To preview the surface mesh for individual unsuppressed parts - from the object tree:
Select the Part objects.
Right-click to display the context menu.
Select in the menu. The surface mesh is displayed for the parts when you select the Mesh object.
To preview the surface mesh for individual unsuppressed parts - from the Geometry window:
Select the Mesh object.
Select the parts in the Geometry window.
Right-click to display the context menu.
Select in the menu. The surface mesh is displayed for the parts when you select the Mesh object in the tree.
To preview the surface mesh for individual unsuppressed bodies - from the object tree:
Select the Body objects.
Right-click to display the context menu.
Select in the menu. The surface mesh is displayed for the bodies when you select the Mesh object.
To preview the surface mesh for individual unsuppressed bodies - from the Geometry window:
Select the Mesh object.
Select the bodies in the Geometry window.
Right-click to display the context menu.
Select in the menu. The surface mesh is displayed for the bodies when you select the Mesh object in the tree.
After successfully previewing the surface mesh, you can view statistics about it. These statistics include mesh metric information that you can use to evaluate the mesh quality. For more information, see Statistics Group.