Quad Layer control enables you to scope circular edge loops and creates layers of quadrilateral elements around them based on the specified parameters.
Note: For Stacker, Quad Layer control should be applied on base face.
Quad Layer Details view has the following options:
Scope
Define By: Allows you to define the input scope of the quad layer control. The available options are:
Value: Allows you to set manually the value of the Scoping Method and Scoping Pattern.
Outcome: Allows you to select the existing scoped outcomes from the previous steps as input.
Scoping Method: Allows you to select the entities for the selected control. The available options are:
Part: Allows you to select Parts for defining the scope of the control.
Label: Allows you to select Labels for defining the scope of the control.
Zone: Allows you to select Zones for defining the scope of the control.
Scoping Pattern: Allows you to specify the name pattern to get the selected Scoping Method. Scoping Pattern supports Regular Expression. You can click
on the right corner of the option and the
following options are available:Publish: Publishes Scoping Pattern to the Property Worksheet.
Scope All: Inserts '.*' regular expression to scope all entities.
Quad Layers Face Scope
Define By: Allows you to define the input scope on which the quad layer is to be grown. The available options are:
Value: Allows you to set manually the value of the Scoping Method and Scoping Pattern.
Outcome: Allows you to select the existing scoped outcomes from the previous steps as input.
Face Scoping Method: Allows you to select the entities on which the quad layer is to be grown. The available options are:
Part: Allows you to select Parts for growing the quad layer.
Label: Allows you to select Labels for growing the quad layer.
Zone: Allows you to select Zones for growing the quad layer.
Face Scoping Pattern: Allows you to specify the name pattern to get the selected Scoping Method. Scoping Pattern supports Regular Expression. You can click
on the right corner of the option and the
following options are available:Publish: Publishes Scoping Pattern to the Property Worksheet.
Scope All: Inserts '.*' regular expression to scope all entities.
Note: Quad Layers Face Scope allows you to specify the direction in which the quad layer grows. Quad Layers Face Scope is optional. When you do not specify the faces to be scoped, quad layer scopes all attached faces to the edge.
Definition
Define By: Allows you to define the growth rate for the quad layer. The available options are:
Settings: Allows you to defines the growth rate as per the settings in the Step Details view.
Value: Allows you to provide the growth rate for the quad layers.
Note: Define By option is available only when growth rate is defined in the settings under the Step Details view.
Number of Divisions: Allows you to divide the quad layer edge into the specified the number of divisions. The default value is 6. You can click
on the right corner of the option and click
Publish to publish Number of
Divisions to the Property Worksheet. You can
parameterize the Number of Divisions.Number of Layers: Allows you to specify the required number of quad layers to be created. The default value is 1. You can click
on the right corner of the option and click
Publish to publish Number of
Layers to the Property Worksheet. You can
parameterize the Number of Layers.Growth Rate: Allows you to specify the width ratio between the adjacent quad layers. The default value is 1.2.
Note: For Stacker Mesh Workflow, the default value is 1.5.
You can click
on the
right corner of the option and click Publish to publish
Growth Rate to the Property
Worksheet. You can parameterize the Growth
Rate.First Layer Height: Allows you to specify the height of the first quad layer. You can click
on the right corner of the option and click
Publish to publish First Layer
Height to the Property Worksheet. You can
parameterize the First Layer Height.