The tables in this section present the effects of applying various mesh controls in combination with the various mesh methods, and include:
Using mesh controls with the solid meshing methods
Using mesh controls with the surface meshing methods
The table below describes the effects of applying the mesh control on the left with each of the solid meshing methods.
| Mesh Control | Solid Meshing Methods | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patch Conforming Tetra | Patch Independent Tetra | MultiZone | General Sweep | Thin Sweep | Hex Dominant | Cartesian | Layered Tetrahedron | Automatic (PrimeMesh)[a] | |
| Body Sizing Control | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Face Sizing Control | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Edge Sizing Control | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Sphere of Influence Control | Supported | Supported | Supported, but only influences source face(s). | Supported, but only influences source face. | Supported, but only influences source face(s). | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Body of Influence Control | Supported | Supported | Supported, but only influences source face(s). | Supported, but only influences source face. | Supported, but only influences source face(s). | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not Supported |
| Contact Sizing Control | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not Supported |
| Refinement Control | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Mapped Face Control | Supported | Not supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | N/A. All faces are essentially mapped. | Not supported | Not Supported |
| Match Control | Supported | Not supported | Supported, with limitations. | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Pinch Control | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Supported on sources and targets. | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Inflation Control | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported on source via 2D inflation. | Not supported | Not supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Feature Suppress | Supported | Not Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Axisymmetric Meshing | Not supported | Not supported | Supported with limitations | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Geometry Fidelity | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
[a] Effect of applying mesh controls with Automatic (PrimeMesh) for solid bodies when Shell-Solid Weld -Shared Nodes is set to Yes. For more information See Automatic (PrimeMesh).
The table below describes the effect of applying the mesh control on the left with each of the surface meshing methods.
| Mesh Control | Surface Mesh Methods | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Triangles | Quad Dominant | MultiZone Quad/Tri | Batch Connections | Automatic (PrimeMesh) | |
| Body Sizing Control | Size control affects elements on body and lower topological entities. | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Face Sizing Control | Size control affects elements on face and lower topological entities. | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Edge Sizing Control | Size control affects element edge lengths on edge. | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Sphere of Influence Control | Inserts elements of specified size within sphere. | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | |
| Body of Influence Control | Inserts elements of specified size within body. Only available when Size Function is on. | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | |
| Contact Sizing Control | Inserts spheres of influence on contact faces in regions within contact tolerance. | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | |
| Refinement Control | Refines elements as post-process. | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | |
| Mapped Face Control | Mapped faces are meshed before any other faces. Interval assignment may affect edge divisions. No sphere of influence support. No mesh based defeaturing or pinch support. | Supported | Supported | Not Supported | |
| Match Control | Edge meshes are matched for sheet, 2D, and 3D bodies. Face meshes are matched across bodies. Match controls cannot be applied across multiple parts. Additional restrictions apply. | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | |
| Pinch Control | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | |
| Inflation Control | Supported | Supported | Not Supported | Not Supported | |
| Weld | N/A | N/A | N/A | Supported | Supported |
| Repair Topology | N/A | N/A | N/A | Supported | Supported |
| Connect | N/A | N/A | N/A | Supported | Supported |
| Deviation | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Supported | Supported |
| Quad Layer | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Supported | Supported |
| Pull | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Geometry Fidelity | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |