Preview of extruded mesh?

[Cnoj]

[SimCFD 2015 SP2]

Is there any way to see a preview of an extruded mesh prior to meshing? Setting a part to extruded seems to have no effect on the node display or mesh preview, even though the extrusion generates correctly.

Thanks,

Jon C.

[hartogj · Accepted solution]

Hi

Have you tried switching to wireframe view? There should be a preview.

Jon

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[Royce_adsk · Accepted solution]

As Jon said if you switch to putline mode you will see a line going down the middle.  See the help content for an example: http://help.autodesk.com/view/SCDSE/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-DEAB37F8-F644-46BE-AE7B-F430C095A4D3

[LKania]

Specifying an extrusion supplants the model edge distributions computed under autosizing (as are shown in your image) with a part-specific point distribution displayed along the computed extrusion path for that part. Controls are provided within the extrusion panel to permit either a uniform or variable distribution. The complication here is that both distributions (autosizing and extrusion-derived) are ultimately used by the mesher, however, only one distribution can be displayed, and the autosizing results take precedence.

The mesh preview option within SimCFD leverages a simplified meshing capability (i.e. a subset of that embodied within the SimCFDMesher program) that does not recognize extrusions. 

[heath.houghton]

I guess it all comes down to what kind of preview you are looking for. In summary, if you are looking for a preview of the number of segments and bias in the extruded mesh, then that just needs you to look in wireframe or transparent mode. If you are looking for a surface preview of the mesh tetrahedrals themselves and have extruded mesh show up, that isn't reflected in the mesh preview.