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3.11. FE Mesh
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3.11. FE Mesh

The FE Mesh Page constructs finite element Meshes from Skeletons, and manages and modifies the Meshes. The layout of the page is shown in Figure 3.19. At the top of the page is the Mesh Chooser, which determines which Mesh is being operated upon. Below that are a set of buttons. Below the buttons are an Information Pane and a Modification Pane, for modifying the current Mesh.

Figure 3.19. The FE Mesh Page

The FE Mesh Page

The Mesh Chooser has three components, because to specify a Mesh it's necessary to specify the Skeleton containing the Mesh and the Microstructure containing the Skeleton.

FE Mesh Buttons

The buttons below the Mesh Chooser perform common Mesh management functions:

  • The New button creates a new Mesh in the Microstructure and Skeleton specified by the first two parts of the Mesh Chooser. The button brings up a dialog box in which to choose the types of the finite elements used in the Mesh.

  • The Rename button assigns a new name to the current Mesh.

  • The Copy button makes a copy of the current Mesh. The copy becomes the new current Mesh.

  • The Delete button deletes the current Mesh. It has no other effect on the current Mesh's Microstructure and Skeleton.

  • The Save button saves the current Mesh in a file. It has the same effect as the Save/Mesh command in the File menu, except that it only saves the Mesh chosen in the Mesh Chooser.

The Modification Pane

The Modification Pane works just like the Modification Pane in the Skeleton Page, except that it doesn't provide as many modification methods, and has no Undo or Redo button. (This is because Mesh modifications are stored in a different way than Skeleton modifications.)

  • The pull-down menu labelled Method selects a MeshModification method. The area immediately below the pull-down menu is for setting the method's parameters, if any.

  • The OK button applies the selected modifier to the current Mesh by invoking the OOF.Mesh.Modify command.

  • The Prev and Next buttons cycle through the recent Mesh modification methods. They only reset the pull-down menu and parameters. They don't have any direct effect on the Mesh.

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