Generating the mesh with assignment of size around points

1. Enter rotate angle -90 90 on the command line. This way we will have a side view.

Figure 38. Side view of the part.

2. Choose Meshing Assign Sizes Points. A window comes up in which to enter the element size around the point to be selected. Enter 0.7.

3. Select only the points on the wheel profile. One way of doing this is to select the entire part and then cancel the selection of the points that form the prism hole. Press ESC to conclude the selection process.

Figure 39. The selected points of the wheel profile

4. Choose Meshing Generate.

5. A window comes up asking if the previous mesh should be eliminated (Figure 40). Click Yes. Another window appears in which to enter the maximum element size. Leave the default value unaltered.

Figure 40

6. A third window shows the meshing process. Once it has finished, click OK to visualize the resulting mesh.

Figure 41. Mesh with assignment of sizes around the points on the wheel profile

7. A greater concentration of elements has been achieved around the points selected.

8. Choose Geometry View Geometry to return to the normal visualization.