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Product InfoWorks ICM
Categories Mesh
Created by francisco simon
Created on Mar 11, 2020

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Triangles browser

Small triangles can slow down 2D simulations significantly. Currently, after creating a 2D mesh, I export the 2D mesh to a GIS software to check how many triangles I have below certain size and where they are. This helps me address the problem of small triangles efficiently. it would be helpful to have a similar functionality in ICM (i.e. triangles browser).
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      Samer Muhandes
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      |       May 13, 2025

      Thanks for the idea and thanks to those who voted. I am pleased to announce that we have released 2D Mesh Histogram which enables users to interact numerically with the 2D mesh and produce a histogram to show the minimum/maximum triangle size which will work as a browser.


      Give it a try and let me know how you get on!

      https://help.autodesk.com/view/IWICMS/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-5AFD72F9-0984-4121-8822-5F92C2853F17

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    • Guest
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      |       Mar 24, 2021
      There is an article in the Knowledgebase (Support Portal) which details steps on how to find small elements with theming. See "Tips for a Good Meshing Experience".
    • Richard Body
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      |       Mar 12, 2020
      I agree this would be helpful, but one effective solution is to create a theme on element area where you colour the cells below the required; above the threshold the cells are transparent. To highlight the really small cells I also turn on the arrows option. This is one of my default themes that I use whenever I am doing a lot of meshing.

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