The Inquire button in the Mesh group enables you to verify the integrity of the mesh created with AutoMesh.
The Inquire Mesh dialog box provides three types of information:
• Global ElemSize: The size of the elements you specified in the AutoMesh dialog box.
• Elem Order: The element order you specified in the AutoMesh dialog box.
• No. of Nodes: The total number of nodes created in the meshing process.
• No. of Elems.: The total number of elements created in the meshing process.
• Status: This field will show "VALID" if an accurate mesh has been successfully generated. It will show "INVALID" if the mesh has errors.
Errors may be due to problems with 3D geometry.
Geometry Check
Sometimes it is useful know the lengths and areas of models before doing an analysis.
Additionally, if you suspect that a part may be corrupt, you can check it for problems using the Check Part operation. If the part checker detects problems with the part, it highlights the edges of the problem area.
Geometry Check: Length
Use Geo Check > Length to determine the minimum length, maximum length, and the average length of all edges in a model. After clicking Start, Creo Elements/Direct Finite Element Analysis highlights the edges with the minimum length and maximum length and displays the lengths in the Min. Len and Max. Len boxes.
You can filter what edges are highlighted by entering a minimum or maximum length and switching on the appropriate check box. For example, suppose your part contains edges of length 15, 30, 40, and 90 and you enter 20 in the Min. Len box,. Creo Elements/Direct Finite Element Analysis highlights the edges of length 15 only.