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Now that we have completed creating the geometry of the domain, we are ready to mesh it. Return to the Project Schematic Window. In the Project Schematic window, double click the Mesh box to launch the mesher.

Outline

The mesher in workbench provides various meshing tools to create appropriate finite volumes for a given geometry. In this tutorial, we will utilize the following basic meshing tools:

-Default Mesh

-Sizing

-Hard/Soft Behavior

-Mapped Face

-Advanced Size Functions

-Named Selections

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.

Mapped Face Mapped Face Meshing

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

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In the Graphics window, click on the domain face rectangle to select it, then in the Details window, click Geometry > Apply.

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This will apply "Mapped Face Meshing" to the rectangle which will yield a regular mesh.

Edge Sizing

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, go to Mesh Control > Sizing. Next, we need to select the edge selection filter . Click and drag over the bottom, and top two surfaces (remember, the top surface has been split into two surfaces). The surfaces will highlight green when they've been selected. In the details window, select Geometry > Apply. Ensure that Type is set to Element Size, then change the Size from Default to 0.05.

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