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.

• Iso-surface Options... ||
• Iso-surface Volumes... ||
• 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.

• New Material Set ||
• Export

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