Understanding the States of Mesh Workflows

When your Mesh Workflows are inserted from a predefined workflow type or have an under-defined input, the Mesh Workflows and the Input objects are preceded by a question mark to indicate the mesh workflow is under-defined and requires input data:

When you have not initialized Mesh Workflow (that is, input geometry is scoped or defined but not transferred), Mesh Workflows is preceded by a question mark and the Input object is preceded by a lightning bolt to indicate the mesh workflow requires action:


Note:  When you scope the input geometry and initialize the workflow, the original body is marked as inactive using a circle symbol under the Geometry object as shown below. You are not allowed to scope this body for meshing using other Mesh Methods or Mesh Workflow objects. The circle symbol also indicates an inactive body that does not participate in other mesh workflows.

You may view the following changes:

  • Suppressed in the Details view becomes read-only and parameterization applied on bodies are removed.

  • Geometry window does not display the inactive bodies when you select any of the bodies under Geometry object in the Tree Outline.


When your mesh workflow contains no Mesh Workflow Steps, the Mesh Workflows and its child-objects are preceded by a question mark to indicate the Mesh Workflow Type is under-defined, whereas the Input object is preceded by a lightning bolt to indicate the input geometry is scoped or defined but not transferred:

When your mesh workflow is initialized, the Input object is preceded by a check mark to indicate the input geometry is fully transferred. Additionally, when some of the workflow steps are in the process of being executed, the Steps object is preceded by a green lightening bolt to indicate that the steps execution is in progress:

When your mesh workflow is initialized, the Input object is preceded by a check mark to indicate the input geometry is fully transferred. Additionally, when your workflow steps are fully executed, the Steps object is preceded by a check mark to indicate that the workflow generated data is ready for output:

When your mesh workflow is completed, the Mesh Workflows and all its child-objects including Output object are preceded by a check mark to indicate the workflow generated data is fully transferred to Mesh and Geometry object respectively.


Note:   A new body is created under the Geometry object after generating the Output, the created body might be preceded by a question mark to indicate the geometry is under-defined (for instance, there is no materials assigned to the zone properties).