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Return to the Project Schematic Window. In this window, double click the Mesh box to launch the mesher.

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Twiddle your thumbs (but avoid facebook!) while the meshing application launches. If a Meshing Options window shows up to the right, you can dismiss it. Image Removed

Mapped Face Meshing

First we will apply "mapped face meshing" to get a regular mesh. In the Outline window, click in the tree. This will show the meshing options in the main menu bar (look just above the tree outline). In the meshing options, select Mesh Control > Mapped Face Meshing.

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We will control the mesh size by specifying the size of the divisions to be used on the edges of the rectangle. To create the edge sizings, make sure Mesh is highlighted in the tree. Then select Mesh Control > Sizing.

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We'll be applying the sizing in meters. So check that the units are set to Metric (m, kg ...).

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Since we'll be applying the sizing to edges, select the edge selection filter by clicking on it.

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Select }Zoom to Fit{color as shown in the snapshot below to fit the entire geometry in the graphics window. Hold down the left mouse button and drag over the four horizontal edges (two top and two bottom). The surfaces will be highlighted in green when they've been selected.
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In the details window, select Geometry > Apply. Now the mesher knows which edges to apply the sizing to. Ensure that Type is set to Element Size, then change the Size from Default to 0.05 m as shown below. This will set each division size on the corresponding edges to 0.05 m. (If we want a finer mesh, we would input a smaller Size.)\\!mesh_sizing2.png|border=1!

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Now, we will create an edge sizing for the vertical edges of the geometry. Create another edge sizing, and this time, choose the left and right vertical edges of the geometry by holding down the Ctrl key and selecting each of them, and go to Geometry > Apply. Change the Type to Number of Divisions. Next, specify Number of Divisions to 30. Note that one can specify the Element Size or Number of Divisions depending on which is more convenient.

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