The Mesh Tab¶

This tab allows the user to mesh a model with an external mesher. By default the mesh tab does not have much information. The dropdown menu of “Mesher” is empty unless the user runs a mesher that is linked to ModelBuilder.

Since currently ModelBuilder is not shipped with any third-party mesher, the user has to integrate his/her own mesher into ModelBuilder.

Here is an example of an external meshing package we have. We created an interface for it so that it can talk to ModelBuilder. In order to use the mesher in ModelBuilder, we must run it in the background. In our case, we run it in the terminal window. After the mesher is called, the Mesh tab shows the control options and parameters.

The menus under Mesh tab depends on the mesher and the interface program. In our example, global sizing, local sizing, refinement rate etc. can be specified. Click on “Mesh”, a 2D mesh will be generated on the model. The figure below shows the mesh generated on a random polygon model.