Use the Interactive: Biasing tool to apply linear, exponential, or bellcurve biasing to individual edges of a surface, and edit the elements size
distribution.
Once the baseline model is prepared, you can define morph volumes, morph geometry, create design shapes and run DOE
studies. These tool work for both AcuSolve and ultraFluidX-based workflows.
Use the Interactive: Biasing tool to apply linear, exponential, or bellcurve biasing to individual edges of a surface, and edit the elements size
distribution.
Use the Interactive: Biasing tool to apply linear, exponential, or bellcurve
biasing to individual edges of a surface, and edit the elements size
distribution.
Before you begin, use the Interactive:
Create tool to define a meshing area by selecting surfaces,
and create an initial mesh.
Element biasing can be used to improve element quality when transitioning from
smaller to larger element sizes, and enables you to moderate the changes in aspect
ratio from the start to the end.
After you have created an initial mesh, bias the placement of nodes so that their
intervals are not uniform in size. For example, you can designate that the smaller
intervals go near the start of the edge, near the end of the edge, near both ends
with larger intervals in the middle, or near the middle of the edge.
From the Mesh ribbon, click the Interactive > Biasing tool.
Optional: On the guide bar, click
to define surface mesh options.
Left-click to select the edge(s) to modify.
In the microdialog, click the icon to select an element
biasing type.
Edit magnitude in the following ways:
Increase individual edge values by holding Ctrl while left-clicking on an edge; decrease individual edge values by
holding Ctrl while right-clicking on an
edge.
Scroll edge values by holding Ctrl while
scrolling the mouse wheel up and down. Hovering directly over an edge will
only modify that edge; hovering over empty space will modify all selected
edges.
Specify an edge value in the microdialog and
press Enter. If multiple edges are selected, a
common value will be applied. If multiple edges with different edge values
are selected, use the arrows in the microdialog to
modify individual edge values simultaneously, without applying a common
value.
On the guide bar, click
Update
Tip: Clear your selection by left-clicking in empty space.