Refining specific parts of an adaptive mesh

You can select the Refinement Zone type of zone in the Adaptivity Zone dialog box to specify the precise regions of the mesh that you want to refine. The software excludes all other regions of the mesh from the refinement process. For example, to conserve system resources, you may want to use a refinement zone to initially run an adaptive analysis only on the portions of your model where you believe the stresses are critical.

The following graphic shows how a refinement zone affects the adaptive meshing process.

Initial mesh with bounding volume that defines the refinement zone.	Adaptive mesh results with mesh refinement limited to the refinement zone.

When you create a refinement zone, you can select bounding volumes, polygon geometry (faces and bodies), and meshes. Additionally, you can specify whether to exclude the zone from all analyses or from either the structural or thermal components of Simcenter 3D Multiphysics solutions.

The Simulation Navigator stores Refinement Zone items under the Zones folder in each adaptivity solution process node.

Where do I find it?

Application	Pre/Post
Prerequisite	A Simulation file as the work part and displayed partSimcenter Nastran, MSC Nastran, Simcenter 3D Multiphysics, Simcenter 3D Thermal, Abaqus, or ANSYS as the specified solver
Simulation Navigator	In the appropriate Adaptivity solution process node, right-click the Zones folder→New

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Specifying the mesh parameters for adaptive meshing

Singularities in adaptive meshing

Understanding the adaptive refinement process

Excluding parts of the model from adaptive meshing

Viewing adaptive meshing results

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