MG-Hexa Parameters hypothesis works only with MG-Hexa algorithm. This algorithm is a commercial software.
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General parameters

Name - allows to define the name of the hypothesis (MG-Hexa Parameters by default).
Min size - allows defining the minimal size of the elements (overrides Nb. Hexes Max Level value).
Max size - allows defining the maximal size of the elements (overrides Nb. Hexes Min Level value).
Nb. Hexes Min Level - allows defining the minimal level of recursive partitioning on the initial octree cube.
Nb. Hexes Max Level - allows defining the maximal level of recursive partitioning on the initial octree cube.
Generate smooth meshes no ridges - specifies that the mesher can ignore ridges. A ridge is a geometrical entity (a sharp edge). The resulting meshes will have better quality elements, at the price of "smoothing" out the geometry.
Authorize invalid elements - specifies that the mesher must conform as much as possible to the geometry (especially the sharp edges). The resulting meshes may contain invalid elements (but with positive volumes: for example, three vertices of an hexahedron on the same edge), for the benefit of better geometry accuracy.
Sharp angle threshold in degrees - specifies the angle between two triangles above which the hex mesher will consider the edge common to these two triangles as being a "ridge". A ridge is a geometrical entity (a sharp edge) which has to be kept as it is in the final hex mesh.The default value is 60 (degrees).
If you raise this value, the hex mesher will detect less ridges, and the final solid mesh will therefore be smoother. On the other hand, if you reduce this value, more ridges will be detected and the algorithm will face harder situations to conform to.
Number of threads - specifies the number of threads to be used (this should be the number of cores or processors of a shared memory parallel architecture).
Working directory - specifies the directory where the input/output files will be created.
Verbosity - specifies the verbose level to print information on meshing steps.
Max memory (MB) - specifies the maximum allocatable memory in MegaBytes.
Sub-domains mesh mode - This option allows the user to mesh or not mesh internal subdomains (such as holes), or to mesh non-manifold domains.
- sd 1 : meshes in inside/out mode: the internal cavities are ignored, the whole domain is meshed into a single domain;
- sd 2 : meshes only the internal main component. Internal holes (cavities) will not be meshed;
- sd 3 : meshes all cavities and generates subdomains accordingly;
- sd 4 : meshes non-manifold geometries as such and generates subdomains accordingly.

Note: If MG-CADSurf is used as 2D algo, and if a GMF file is defined as output file (using SetGMFFile(my2Dmesh.mesh)), then MG-Hexa will use this file as input. This allows to avoid the reconstruction of the GMF file from the SMESH structure and can improve the global computation time.

See Also a sample TUI Script of the creation of a MG-Hexa mesh

Advanced parameters

In Advanced tab page you can specify advanced options of MG-Hexa not exposed in other pages.

Add option adds a line to the table where you can type an option and its value as text. A check box in the first column activates/deactivates the option of the current row. A deactivated option will be erased upon pressing Ok.

Local size

The local size allows you to drive locally the density of the 3D mesh. The area where the mesh has to be refined is given as a geometrical shape.

Selection field (Shape) - Area where the hexahedral mesh has to be refined. You can select any kind of shape (vertex, edge, face, solid, ...). The shape can be a sub-shape of the main shape or not.
Local size - Expected size of the hexahedral mesh in (Solid) or near the given shape
Add button - Add the local size to the list of local sizes (showed on the left)
Remove button - Remove a local size from the list, select the local size in the list and press Remove

Note: The local size will only influence the density towards a locally denser mesh. If the required density is coarser than the one determined automatically by the global size parameters (min size, max size, min level, max level), it will be ignored and the default density will be used.

Viscous layers

The viscous layers allows you to set up parameters of Viscous Layers supported by MG_Hexa mesher.

Number of layers - number of boundary layers.
Size of the first layer - height of the first layer.
Direction of the layers - describes whether the layers grow inwards or outwards.
Growth - geometric progression for the boundary layer growth.
Faces with layers - list of surface references from which the boundary layers should be grown.
Imprinted faces - list of surface references that can be imprinted by boundary layers.