Cleaning Holes

This task shows you how to specify manually which hole you want to ignore during the mesh process.

Open the Sample03.CATAnalysis document from the samples directory.

  • Enter the Advanced Surface Mesher workshop.
    For more details, refer to Entering the Advanced Surface Mesher Workshop.

  • Mesh the surface.
    For more details, refer to Meshing the Part.

  • Hide the geometry for a better visualization of the mesh.
    To do this, right-click the Part.1 in the specification tree and select Hide/Show.

  1. Click Clean Holes in the Edition Tools toolbar.

    The Clean Holes dialog box appears:

    • Auto remesh on modification:
      • if you select this check box, an automatic re-mesh is performed on the domain.
      • if you clear this check box, the mesh will be removed on the domain.

  2. Select the Auto remesh on modification check box.

  3. Select a hole as shown below:

    As a result, an automatic re-mesh is performed around the selected hole:

  4. Select a hole as shown below.

    As a result, an automatic re-mesh is performed around the selected hole:

  5. Clear the Auto remesh on modification check box.

  6. Select a hole as shown below.

    As a result, the mesh is removed on the domain:

  7. Click OK in the Clean Holes dialog box.

  8. Click Mesh the Part in the Execution toolbar.

    As a result the meshing process is launched and all the modifications you have previously performed are taken into account.

  9. Click OK in the Mesh The Part dialog box.