To smooth a mesh

Flatten surface roughness and round off corners and sharp edges

1. Select the part.
2. Click Modify > Manipulate Mesh.
3. In the context view, Switch to the Smoothing tab.
4. Click OK to apply the smoothing.

Controls reference

• Adjust the Strength to control how many iterations of the smoothing process are performed. With each iteration, the average position of each node's adjacent nodes is calculated and the original node is moved to this average location. This has the effect of smoothing surfaces and rounding off corners and sharp edges.
• Enable the Independent of Triangulation check box to smooth the part based on the actual shape of the part as opposed to the triangulation. This has the effect of limiting the deformation of the part.
• Enable the Prevent Shrinking check box to maintain the volume of the original part and mesh.
• Click Refine Mesh to subdivide the mesh. This improves the smoothness by providing intermediate nodes.
• Click Calculate to perform the smoothing.
• Enable the Highlight Triangles check box to display the mesh edges.
• Click and hold Show Original Mesh to see original mesh before the smoothing operation.