Element size?

Alex.01
Alex.01 Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi all,

 

Does anyone know if there is a tool in Hypermesh which says the average element size of a 2D mesh?

 

I could use the measure tool and get the distance between two nodes of an element, but I am interested in get the average of all elements.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Alex

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  • Sanjay Nainani_20973
    Sanjay Nainani_20973 New Altair Community Member
    edited March 2018

    Hello,

     

    You can do this using TCL.

     

    First open the command Window

    Go to View>>Command Window

     

    Then type the following code:

    *createmark elems 1 displayed

    hm_getaverageelemsize 1

     

     

    This will give you the average element size.

     

    credits @tinh

     

    Thankyou

     

  • Alex.01
    Alex.01 Altair Community Member
    edited March 2018

    Awesome! Really thank you.

  • rea2
    rea2 Altair Community Member
    edited February 2019
    Altair Forum User said:

    Hello,

     

    You can do this using TCL.

     

    First open the command Window

    Go to View>>Command Window

     

    Then type the following code:

    *createmark elems 1 displayed

    hm_getaverageelemsize 1

     

     

    This will give you the average element size.

     

    credits @tinh

     

    Thankyou

     

     Hey Sanjay,

     

    Can you tell me what this value refers to, in case of triangular elements? 

    And do you know how to calculate the average element size of 3D tetra elements?

     

    Thank you!

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