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3.2 Introduction to ANSYS Meshing

The goal of meshing in ANSYS Workbench is to provide robust, easy to use meshing tools that will
simplify the mesh generation process. These tools have the benefit of being highly automated along
with having a moderate to high degree of user control.
3.2.1 Physics Based Meshing

When the ANSYS Meshing application is launched (that is, edited) from the ANSYS Workbench
Project Schematic, the physics preference will be set based on the type of system being edited. For
analysis systems, the appropriate physics is used. For a Mechanical Model system, the Mechanical
physics preference is used. For a Mesh system, the physics preference defined in Tools> Options>
Meshing> Default Physics Preference is used.

3.2.2 Meshing by Element Shape

This section describes types of meshing in terms of element shapes. Applicable mesh control
options are presented for each element shape shown below, and operate at the part level unless
otherwise noted. See the Method Control section for further details.
(a) Tet Meshing
w Patch Conforming Tetrahedron Mesher
w Patch Independent Tetrahedron Mesher
w Tetrahedrons algorithm (assembly level)

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