Step 5: Checking the Mesh Quality

The major quality criteria for a hexa mesh are angle, determinant, and warpage. Refer to the Help Manual for details on the available quality measures.

Blocking > Pre-Mesh Quality Histograms  

  1. Select Angle in the Criterion drop-down list.

  2. Retain the default settings for Histogram Options and click Apply.

  3. Select the worst two bars from the histogram.

    The selected bars will be highlighted in pink (Figure 58: Histogram of Angle).

    Figure 58: Histogram of Angle

    Histogram of Angle

  4. Right-click in the histogram window and ensure that Show is enabled.

  5. Disable Pre-Mesh.

     Blocking > Pre-Mesh

    The highlighted elements are shown (Figure 59: Elements with Worst Quality). Most of the bad elements (with the worst angles) are on the block corners. This is due to the H-grid nature of the mesh within a curved geometry.

    Figure 59: Elements with Worst Quality

    Elements with Worst Quality

  6. Right-click in the histogram window and select Done.