Fill Hole tool dialog

Use the Fill Hole command to mesh the interior of a hole and gaps in the mesh with triangular elements.

To access this dialog, click (Mesh tab > Mesh Edit panel > Advanced > Fill Hole).

Widget	Explanation
Select a hole	Select by triangles Select a triangle that has an edge on the hole. Click Search and the triangles surrounding the hole are selected. Click Apply and the hole is filled. Select by nodes (legacy) Select a node on the edge of the hole. Click Search and the nodes around the hole are selected Click Apply and the hole is filled.

Note:

• The newly created entities will go into the same layer as the triangles selected to fill the hole.
• This tool should not be used in areas with high curvature. To improve the result on a curved surface, select a second or third row of elements around the hole before applying the tool.
• This function can leave isolated nodes, click (Mesh tab > Mesh Edit tab > Purge Nodes), to ensure any isolated nodes are removed.