Setting Context Options

This task shows you how to automatically re-mesh the surface after modifying local specifications in the Surface Mesher workshop.

Open the Sample15.CATAnalysis document from the samples directory.

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

1. Click Element Distribution .

2. Select an edge.

   In this particular example, select the following edge:

3. Set the desired parameters in the Edit Elements Distribution dialog box.

   In this particular example: Select Uniform as Type option. Enter 8 as Number of elements value.

4. Click OK.

   The mesh visualization disappears from the two impacted faces.

5. Launch the mesh execution.

   To do this, click Mesh the Part .

6. Click Context Options in the Execution toolbar.

   The Context Options dialog box appears. Auto re-mesh on modification: if you select this option, the mesh operation will be launch after each modification of local specifications.

7. Select the Auto re-mesh on modification check box.

8. Click OK.

9. Click the Element Distribution icon .

10. Select an other edge.

    In this particular example, select the following edge:

11. Set the desired parameters in the Edit Elements Distribution dialog box.

    In this particular example: Select Uniform as Type option. Enter 8 as Number of elements value.

12. Click OK.

    The modification is taken into account the mesh is automatically updated: