Visualizing a Rule Based Surface Mesh Part

This task shows you how to change the visualization mode, the element shrink, and the color of a rule based surface mesh part.

• Change the visualization mode
• Shrink the element visualization
• Color mesh element

• The Rule Based Meshing (RBM) product must be installed.
• A rule based surface mesh part must exist, and you must enter the Rule Based Surface Mesher editor. See Using the Rule Based Surface Mesher Editor.

Change the Visualization Mode

1. Click Mesh Visualization .

   The Mesh Visualization dialog box appears. The default mesh visualization mode is the standard visualization.

2. To switch to the quality visualization mode, click Quality Visualization .

   Elements with a good mesh quality are colored in green. Elements with a poor mesh quality are colored in yellow. Elements with a bad mesh quality are colored in red.

3. To switch to the orientation visualization mode, click Orientation Visualization .

   The mesh elements are assigned blue and red colors. The red color indicates the positive orientation (normal direction): The blue color indicates the negative orientation (inverse of normal direction):

4. Click OK.

Shrink Element Visualization

1. Click Mesh Visualization .

   The Mesh Visualization dialog box appears.

2. Set the shrink coefficients for 2D elements using the corresponding slider.

   The shrink coefficient can vary from 1.00 (default value) to 0.50 (minimum value). The element visualization is shrunk dynamically.

3. Click OK.

Color Mesh

1. Click Mesh Visualization .

   The Mesh Visualization dialog box appears.

2. In the Mesh type list, select the type of mesh you want to color.

3. To assign a unique color to all meshes that have the same type, select Fixed color, and select the desired color.

4. To randomly assign colors to meshes that have the same type, select Variable color, and enter a value to specify the number of colors you want to use.

5. Click OK.