Cubit 15.7 User Documentation
The volume shown in Step 5 will be meshed by sweeping a surface mesh from one side of the brick to the other. Before generating any mesh, the user must specify the size of the elements to be generated. In this example, one element size will be specified for the volume as a whole and a smaller size will be specified for around the hole. A direct interval setting will be specified for the sweep direction.
To set the interval size for the overall volume, do the following:
Since the brick is 10 units in length on a side, this specifies that each straight curve is to receive approximately 10 mesh elements.
In order to better resolve the hole in the middle of the top surface, we set a smaller size for the curve bounding this hole.
Note: There is not a separate interval action panel for curves. The interval and mesh actions for curves are grouped together in one panel.
Finally, we would like to generate exactly 5 element layers in the sweep direction. This is accomplished by setting the intervals on one of the curves in the sweep direction.