Assignment around lines

1. Select Meshing Assign sizes Lines. In the window that comes up, enter the size of the elements around the lines that will be chosen. Enter 0,5 and click OK.

2. Select the lines defining the base of the prism. Press ESC.

3. Select Meshing Generate.

4. A window comes up asking if the previous mesh should be eliminated. Click Yes.

5. Another window appears in which you may enter a maximum element size. Leave the default value unaltered and click OK. This results in a high concentration of elements around the chosen lines, given that the selected element size (0,5) is much smaller than that of the rest of the elements in the model. (See Figure 6.)

Figure 6. Mesh with a concentration of elements around lines.