Customizing mesh display

You can use the ViewPart Display Options and the ViewAssembly Display Options menu items to specify whether or not node and element labels are displayed on a meshed part or assembly. You can choose to display or suppress your native mesh and, if displayed, to do so only in the Mesh module or in all part-related or all assembly-related modules. If you display the native mesh, you can choose to also display the geometry of bottom-up meshed sections, non-bottom-up sections, or both along with the mesh. Displaying the geometry provides a visual indication of how well the mesh conforms to the geometry.

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Customizing geometry and mesh display

  1. Locate the mesh display options.

    From the main menu bar, select ViewPart Display Options or ViewAssembly Display Options. In the dialog box that appears, click the Mesh tab.

  2. Toggle Show native mesh to display or suppress the native mesh.

    When Show native mesh is on, you can also control the following options:

    1. Select one or both of the following options to display geometry with the native mesh:

      • Toggle on Show bottom-up geometry to display the geometry of regions that have been assigned the bottom-up meshing technique. This option is on by default.

      • Toggle on Show non-bottom-up geometry to display the geometry of regions assigned all other meshing techniques. This option is off by default.

    2. Select one of the following options to control the modules in which you can display the native mesh:

      • Choose In the Mesh module only to display your native mesh only in the Mesh module.

      • Choose In all part-related modules from the Part Display Options dialog box or In all assembly-related modules from the Assembly Display Options dialog box to display your native mesh in all modules that support the display of the part or assembly, respectively.

  3. Toggle Show node labels and Show element labels to affect the display of these items.

  4. Click OK to implement your changes and to close the dialog box.

    Your changes are saved for the duration of the session.