What does it mean ill-connected elements?
Altair EmployeeThis error message appears sometimes while meshing the geometry. It means that the connection of some volume mesh elements has been failed. “Ill-connected elements” do not really exist that is why the volume mesh has been aborted. Such kind of messages is displayed in the Flux log window:
34640 ill-connected elements have been detected
Attempt to repair (20 /20) ...
Problem with repairing nearby node's coordinates (in meter) : (0.03241666666667,0.020625,0.158113883008E-03)
Problem with repairing nearby node's coordinates (in meter) : (0.00941666666667,0.015625,0.158113883008E-03)
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In order to avoid this problem, the meshing should be refined especially in the critical zones of the geometry. In order to localize the critical zone, you can refer to the node’s coordinates nearby whom the attempt to repair has been failed. For instance, you can create points using these coordinates, like this you can clearly visualize the zone where you need to refine the mesh.