Meshes

This section shows the meshes associated with the project/scenario that have been generated by using the features included in the pre-processing module of Iota or imported from mesh files generated by some piece of CAD software. The "Meshes" accordion shows the following information per mesh (see Figure 9):

• Name: name provided by the user to indentify the mesh.

• Type: format of the mesh (stl, p4s, ply, obj, ...).

• Filename: name of the file that contains the mesh data.

• Scenario: name of the scenario if the mesh is associated with a scenario.

• Modfied: latest modification date of the mesh.

Figure 10 - "Meshes" section at "Project" page

Importing a Mesh from a File

Users can import meshes into the project by clicking on the Import button located at the right corner of accordion (see Figure 10). A pop-up window will be shown so the user can enter the following fields for the mesh:

• Name (optional): a name for the mesh.

• Description (optional): a description for the mesh.

• Scenario (optional): the mesh can be associated with an existing project scenario.

• Choose file: the button located at the bottom opens a file browser window that allows users to select the mesh file to be imported.

The following mesh formats can be imported into Iota:

• Stereolithography Format (.stl)

• GiD Ascii format (.msh)

• Wavefront OBJ (.obj)

• Stanford Polygon Library (.ply)

• Particle Analytics mesh format P4S (.meta)

Figure 11 - Import Mesh window

Editing a Mesh

Clicking on the Edit button launches a window where the user can rename the mesh.

Deleting a Mesh

Clicking on the Delete button launches a window prompting the user to confirm deletion.