GMS:3D Mesh Commands

The Mesh menu is available when the 3D Mesh module is active. The menu has one submenu: the Convert To submenu. The menu contains the following commands:

• New 3D Mesh

Creates a new, empty 3D mesh.

• Lock All Nodes

Since it is possible to accidentally drag points, nodes can be "locked" to prevent them from being dragged or edited by toggling on this command.

• Find Duplicate Nodes...

Selects nodes that are close to each other within a user specified tolerance.

• Find Element...

Selects an element given the element ID.

• Find Node...

Selects a node given the node ID.

• Tessellate

3D equivalent of Delauney triangulation. Creates a 3D tet mesh from mesh nodes.

• Renumber

Renumbers mesh nodes eliminating gaps in numbering. Optionally a node string can be created and used to guide the renumbering.

• Repack Nodes...
• Refine Elements...

Subdivides elements into smaller elements.

• Classify Elements

Element materials are assigned based on the solid the element centroid is within.

• Isosurface Options...

Brings up the Isosurface Options dialog.

• Isosurface Volumes...

Brings up the Isosurface Volumes dialog.

• Zoom To Extents

Frames the Graphics Window around the selected objects.

• Convert To >

• Mesh → 3D Scatter Points

A new 3D scatter point set is created from the 3D mesh nodes.

• 3D Mesh → 2D Mesh

Creates a 2D mesh from the upward facing elements of the 3D mesh.

• 3D Mesh → Solids

Creates solids from each materialzone of the 3D mesh.

• New Material Set

Creates a new material set in the project explorer.

• Export

Exports a 3D mesh to a file (*.3dm, *.fem etc).

Related Topics

• 3D Mesh Module