Description: Abaqus/CAE now offers the following enhancements to mesh verification:

• Abaqus/CAE highlights and displays data for elements that meet the failure criteria specified on multiple tabbed pages in the dialog box rather than highlighting and displaying data for elements that fail only those checks on the currently selected tabbed page.

• The mesh verification process now checks by element face shape rather than by element shape. This change means that you do not have to locate and click the element shape you want to verify in the viewport as you specify verification criteria.

• The Verify Mesh dialog box now displays only the verification options that are relevant for your model. For example, if your model does not have any elements with triangular faces, the dialog box hides tests for the triangular face corner angle.

• Abaqus/CAE now highlights elements that fail the shape and size criteria using the warning color rather than highlighting them as errors; that is, as elements that fail the checks found in the input file processor in Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit. Therefore, elements that fail the shape and size criteria will be colored yellow by default.

• Abaqus/CAE retains the most recent checks and criteria you specify, and they are available in your next session.

• Abaqus/CAE now groups the output of size metrics criteria by element shape; separate sections are displayed for data related to tetrahedral elements, triangular elements, hexahedral elements, and quadrilateral elements.

Figure 11–3 shows the revised Shape Metrics options in the Verify Mesh dialog box for a part with both triangular and quadrilateral element faces.

Abaqus/CAE now also enables you to include shape metrics and size metrics among the tests that are performed on elements as you drag nodes. Click Element failure criteria from the prompt area, and toggle on the criteria you want to include.

Mesh module:
    MeshVerify