Simple Meshing Operations

PRIMER has simple meshing capabilities. Currently you can:

• Extrude nodes to create beams or shells, or extrude shells to create solids or thick shells.
• Offset shells to create shells or solids.
• Create a ruled mesh between two lines of nodes.
• Mesh a quadrilateral or triangular area by giving the corner nodes.
• Create a cuboidal solid block .
• Create a rectangular shell plate .
• Create a line of beams between 2 nodes.
• Create a cylinder/tube made of shells.
• Create a hemisphere made of shells.
• Create a sphere made of shells.

To change the mode use the popup at the top left of the meshing panel.

For all of the meshing modes you must give a part ID for the new beams/shells/solids/thick shells to be created in.

Additionally you have control of the numbering that is used for new nodes and new beams/shells/solids/thick shells.

Use the popup to select which option you require.

If you choose Start at label then give a label number to start from. PRIMER will try to use that number. If a node or beam/shell/solid already exists with that label it will revert to Highest+1 in model .