Sculpting

Applies to: Volumes

Summary: Grid based/Inside-Out research algorithm for generating all-hexahedral meshes for arbitrary 3D volumes. This is an alpha feature and should be used with caution.

Syntax:

Volume <range> Scheme Sculpt

Related Commands:

Sculpt <volume_id_range> from <volume_id_range>

Discussion:

Sculpting takes a grid based approach to creating a volumetric mesh by
surrounding the meshing geometry with a structured grid, removing elements that lie outside the volume boundary from the grid, manipulating the resulting stairstep mesh, and smoothing the exterior nodes to the volume boundary. The Sculpt command can be used when a user desires to define there own bounding grid to build the volume mesh from. Multiple volumes can define the user defined boundary grid. Currently Sculpting is still in stages of research and development.

Figure 1. Sculpted mesh of a dumbbell shape

Figure 2. Sculpted mesh of a mechanical part