VIMP, VOL, CHGBND, IMPLEVEL
Improves the quality of the tetrahedral elements in the
selected volume(s).
VOLNumber of the volume containing the tetrahedral elements
to be improved. If VOL = ALL (default),
improve the tetrahedral elements in all selected volumes. If VOL = P, graphical picking is enabled and all remaining
command fields are ignored (valid only in the GUI). A component name
may also be substituted for VOL.
CHGBNDSpecifies whether to allow boundary modification.
Boundary modification includes such things as changes in the connectivity
of the element faces on the boundary and the addition of boundary
nodes. (Also see "Notes" below for important
usage information for CHGBND.)
0 | — | Do not allow boundary modification. |
1 | — | Allow boundary modification (default). |
IMPLEVELIdentifies the level of improvement to be performed on the elements. (Improvement occurs primarily through the use of face swapping and node smoothing techniques.)
0 | — | Perform the least amount of swapping/smoothing. |
1 | — | Perform an intermediate amount of swapping/smoothing. |
2 | — | Perform the greatest amount of swapping/smoothing. |
3 | — | Perform the greatest amount of swapping/smoothing, plus additional improvement techniques (default). |
VIMP is useful for further improving a volume mesh created in ANSYS [VMESH], especially quadratic tetrahedral element meshes.
The VIMP command enables you to improve a given tetrahedral mesh by reducing the number of poorly-shaped tetrahedral elements (in particular, the number of sliver tetrahedral elements)--as well as the overall number of elements--in the mesh. It also improves the overall quality of the mesh.
Regardless of the value of the CHGBND argument, boundary mid-nodes can be moved.
When loads or constraints have been placed on boundary nodes or mid-nodes, and boundary mid-nodes are later moved, ANSYS issues a warning message to let you know that it will not update the loads or constraints.
Even when CHGBND = 1, no boundary
modification is performed on areas and lines that are not modifiable
(for example, areas that are adjacent to other volumes or that contain
shell elements, or lines that are not incident on modifiable areas,
contain beam elements, or have line divisions specified for them [LESIZE]).