Mesh Repair Wizard

The Mesh Repair Wizard helps you to repair several types of mesh defect.

You can make changes on each page, or skip the pages that do not concern you.

As you open each page of the Wizard, the model is scanned for defects. You can see the results from each scan and then decide what to do next. The Wizard addresses the errors listed below.

• Stitch free edges
• Fill hole
• Overhang
• Degenerate elements
• Flip normal
• Fix overlap
• Collapsed faces
• Aspect ratio

After you have completed the mesh clean up, it is recommended that you run the mesh statistics report again to confirm that all potential problems have been resolved.

The Mesh Repair Wizard also includes diagnostics and fixes for tetrahedral meshes. The available diagnostics and fixes for 3D meshes are:

• Inverted tetras
• Collapsed faces
• Insufficient refinement through thickness
• Internal long edges
• Tetras with extremely large volume
• Tetras with high aspect ratio
• Tetras with extreme angle between faces

Caution: Running the Mesh Repair Wizard on 3D entities may alter the location of surface nodes. On multi-component assemblies, this may change the element matching between components and cause unwanted gaps.

Validate the repairs

Whenever an automatic fix is applied to the mesh, the repairs must be validated to ensure that no new problems were created.

After you have completed the mesh clean up, it is recommended that you run the Mesh Statistics report again, and if necessary, run the Mesh Repair Wizard again to confirm that all potential problems have been resolved.