SMS:Fix Bad Area Transitions
Fix Bad Area Transitions (Elements Menu)
The process of creating and editing a finite element mesh can result in poor quality elements. These elements may violate the area change guideline for adjacent elements, specifically, the area of the smaller of the adjacent elements divided by the area of the large element may be less than a recommended ratio. This ratio is set in the Mesh Quality entry of the 2D Mesh Display Options. The Fix Bad Area Transitions command from the Elements menu can improve adjacent element areas by removing nodes. The adjacent elements of each node in the mesh are examined for guideline violations. If more that one are found, a calculation is made to determine if the removal of the node and the retriangulation this would cause would maintain compliance for the newly formed elements and their neighbors. If this is the case the node is removed.
