Box Surface Mesh Primitive dialog box

Mesh Name
Mesh Name	Specifies the name of the box surface mesh primitive.
Element Properties
Type	Specifies the type of elements to create.
Edit Mesh Associated Data	Appears when you select an element type that requires the definition of additional properties.Opens the Mesh Associated Data dialog box where you can define solver-specific properties for the elements. The software applies these properties uniformly to all the elements in the mesh. For more information, see Mesh-associated data.
Primitive Parameters
Method	Specifies the location of the box surface mesh primitive.At Center — Places the center of the box surface mesh primitive at the origin of the selected coordinate system.At Corner — Places the lower-left corner of the box surface mesh primitive at the origin of the selected coordinate system. The lower-left corner corresponds to the minimum X, Y, and Z values with respect to the selected coordinate system.
CSYS	Lets you create or select a coordinate system. The software creates the center of the box surface mesh primitive at the origin of the specified coordinate system.For more information, see CSYS dialog box.
Automatic Box Position and Size	If a coordinate system exists, places the coordinate system at the center of the model but does not change the orientation.If no coordinate system exists, this command creates a new one that is aligned with the absolute (global) coordinate system.This command also computes the size of the box using the location of the box surface mesh primitive and the size of the FE model.
Offset XOffset YOffset Z	Defines the distance to offset the center of the box surface primitive from the origin of the specified coordinate system in the X, Y, and Z directions.
Length XLength YLength Z	Defines the dimensions of the box surface in the X, Y, and Z directions.
Cutting Plane
XY PlaneYZ PlaneZX Plane	Lets you specify the plane to use to trim the mesh primitive. You can select up to three cutting planes to remove elements from the mesh primitive.For more information, see Trimming mesh primitives with cutting planes.
Mesh XY PlaneMesh YZ PlaneMesh ZX Plane	For each cutting plane that you specify, controls whether the software creates a mesh on the cutting plane.Box surface primitive trimmed on the YZ plane****Box surface primitive trimmed on the YZ plane with the YX plane meshed	Box surface primitive trimmed on the YZ plane	Box surface primitive trimmed on the YZ plane with the YX plane meshed
Box surface primitive trimmed on the YZ plane	Box surface primitive trimmed on the YZ plane with the YX plane meshed
Reverse Direction	Flips the direction of the vector that indicates the direction in which to keep elements.
Mesh Parameters
Maximum Element Size	Specifies the maximum element size for the mesh primitive.Type a size and select the units, or click Automatic Maximum Element Size to compute the maximum element size based on the size of the box.To specify the element size as a function of frequency, click the DesignLogic list and select Function to use the SizeForAcoustics function. For more information, see Element size for acoustic analysis.
Destination Collector
Automatic Creation	Creates a new mesh collector for the current mesh using the default physical properties.
Mesh Collector	Lets you select an existing collector or create a new one. Click New Collector to use the Mesh Collector dialog box to create additional mesh collectors. See Mesh collectors for more information.
Preview
Preview	Lets you preview the size, location, and appearance of the box surface mesh primitive elements in a dynamic view as you specify the necessary options.
Show Result	Lets you preview the box surface mesh primitive based on your current selections.Note: For performance purposes, the software limits the number of elements that you can dynamically preview. The final mesh may be different from the mesh that you preview.

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Box Surface Mesh Primitive dialog box, Simcenter 3D 2021.1 Series

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