Pre

Users can access to the meshing capabilities in Iota via the "Pre" tab located on the the left hand side menu. This tab is enabled once the users load a scenario. Figure 21 shows the appeareance of the Pre page:

1. List of Meshes: This section shows the list of meshes that user is currently working with.

2. Meshing operations:

   This section allows users to perform different operations with meshes. It is composed of the following tabs:

   • Repair

   • Generate

   • Cut Plane

   • Rotate (currently not available)

   • Translate (currently not available)

   • Scale (currently not available)

3. Rendering area

4. Views toolbar

5. Bottom toolbar:

   • Save: allows users to save persistently new meshes or changes made on existing meshes.

   • Screenshot: allows users to automatically create an screenshot of the rendering area.

Figure 21 - Pre-processing module

Contents:

• Creating a Mesh of a simple geometry

  • Circle

  • Rectangle

  • Cuboid

  • Cylinder

• Loading a Mesh

• Importing a Mesh from a File

• Meshing tools:

  • Repairing a Mesh

    • Filling Surface Mesh Holes

  • Generating/Remeshesing a Mesh:

    • Surface Mesh

    • Volume Mesh

  • Creating Cut-Planes