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Translations:FEM MeshRegion/13/en

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  1. To enable the command a Mesh From Shape by Gmsh or (1.1 and above) Mesh From Shape by Netgen must be provided first.
  2. Select the Mesh object in the Tree View.
  3. There are several ways to invoke the command:
    • Press the Mesh Refinement button.
    • Select the Mesh → Mesh Refinement option from the menu.
  4. Press the Add button and select one or more of either faces, edges or vertices in the 3D View to apply the mesh refinement to. The selected items will appear in the list of geometrical objects. The selection mode can be also set to Solid. introduced in 1.1: To remove objects from the selection, press the Remove button.
  5. Enter the maximum element size for the region.
  6. Click the OK button.
  7. Close the task.
    Result: You now should see a new FEMMeshRegion object under the FEMMeshGmsh or (1.1 and above) FEMMeshNetgen object (see example #3 below) in your active analysis container.
  8. Double-click on the FEMMeshGmsh or (1.1 and above) FEMMeshNetgen parent object in your Model Tree and press Apply to force a mesh recalculation.
  9. Close the task.