MSHKEY

MSHKEY

MSHKEY, KEY
Specifies whether free meshing or mapped meshing should be used to mesh a model.

PREP7: Meshing

KEY

Key indicating the type of meshing to be used:

0	—	Use free meshing (the default).
1	—	Use mapped meshing.
2	—	Use mapped meshing if possible; otherwise, use free meshing. If you specify MSHKEY,2, SmartSizing will be inactive even while free meshing non-map-meshable areas.

Command Default

As stated above, free meshing is the default. However, since the MSHKEY and MSHAPE settings are closely related, you should refer to the table in the MSHAPE command description for more information about defaults.

Notes

The MSHKEY, MSHAPE, and MSHMID commands replace the functionality that was provided by the ESHAPE command in ANSYS 5.3 and earlier releases.

This command is also valid for rezoning.

Menu Paths

Main Menu>Preprocessor>Meshing>Mesh>Areas>Mapped>3 or 4 sided

Main Menu>Preprocessor>Meshing>Mesh>Areas>Target Surf

Main Menu>Preprocessor>Meshing>Mesh>Volumes>Mapped>4 to 6 sided

Main Menu>Preprocessor>Meshing>Mesher Opts

Main Menu>Solution>Manual Rezoning>Create Remesh Zone(s)>Mesh Controls>Global Meshing Options