When the Options button is pressed on the Model Mesh Settings screen and the Plate icon is selected, a screen with one tab will appear. The Plate icon will only be present if the Plate/shell radio button is selected in the Mesh type section of the Model Mesh Settings dialog box.
Mesh type section:
- Mixed (quadrilateral and triangular): Both 4-sided and three-sided elements are generated. This option is the default setting. Slight element face warpage is possible with quadrilateral planar elements (all four points do not necessarily lie on a common plane).
- Triangular: Only 3-sided elements are generated.