Midmesh Panel

Use the Midmesh Panel to automatically generate a mesh at the midplane location, directly from the input geometry (components, elements, solids or surfaces), without first creating a midsurface.

Create Subpanel

Use the Create subpanel to control the resulting midmesh output.
Option Action
entity selector Select the source used to create the midmesh.
destination comp Choose where to organize newly elements.
ignore flat edges Do not imprint flat edges from the input geometry to the midmesh.


Figure 1. Option Off


Figure 2. Option On
flatten connections Align/flatten the midmesh at ribs/connections.


Figure 3. Option Off


Figure 4. Option On
edit criteria Opens the Criteria File Editor.
minimum size Minimum element size allowed in the finalized mesh. This in combination with the ‘suppress proximity edges factor’ and 'combine non-manifold edges factor’ can ensure that the output mesh is ready for rebuild with the same criteria.

Can only be modified in the Criteria File Editor.
suppress proximity edges factor Remove 1D topology edges within the given factor of the minimum size from the criteria file.


Figure 5. Option Off


Figure 6. Option On
combine non-manifold edges factor Join non-manifold edges within the given factor of the minimum size from the criteria file.


Figure 7. Option Off


Figure 8. Option On
defeature openings with width < Remove small holes and openings less than the specified width.


Figure 9. Option Off


Figure 10. Option On

Edit Edge Subpanel

Use the Edit Edge subpanel to repair 1D topology edges.
Option Action
create mid-edge Create a new mid-edge, using the input geometry as a guide.


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Figure 12. After
split by two n odes Create a new edge between two nodes.


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Figure 14. After
split by node-edge Create a new edge between a node and an edge, using a shortest, tangential or mixed path.


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delete edge Delete an edge.


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Figure 18. After
t-edge align Align/flatten a t-connection edge to a surface.


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Figure 20. After
by geom edge Align mesh edges to input geometry lines and smooth the mesh, or imprint new geometry edges onto the midmesh.


Figure 21. Before Align


Figure 22. After Align
replace node Opens the Replace Panel.
edit element Opens the Edit Element Panel.
edges Opens the Edges Panel.
delete Opens the Delete Panel.
align nodes Opens the Node Edit panel, align node subpanel.
project Opens the Project Panel.

Edit Face Subpanel

Use the Edit Face subpanel to correct issues with midmesh faces.
Option Action
fill face Create a mesh within a closed 1D topology loop, attempting to keep tangency. Optionally, the 1D loop can be deleted, keeping only free and non-manifold edges.


Figure 23. Before


Figure 24. After
repair face Attempt to fix topological problems (holes/gaps/cracks, intersections, slivers, overlaps) in the mesh and remesh the face.


Figure 25. Before


Figure 26. After
detect intersections Detect intersecting element clusters and holes/gaps/cracks, and create element sets for further handling.


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Figure 28. After
align face Align a selection of elements to an input geometry face, with optional offset and locking of boundary nodes.


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Figure 30. After
replace node Opens the Replace Panel.
edit element Opens the Edit Element Panel.
delete Opens the Delete Panel.
project Opens the Project Panel.