vmtkmeshgenerator
Description
generate a mesh suitable for CFD from a surface
Input arguments
| Argument | Variable | Type | Length | Range | Default | Description |
| id | Id | str | 1 | | 0 | script id |
| handle | Self | self | 1 | | | handle to self |
| disabled | Disabled | bool | 1 | | 0 | disable execution and piping |
| i | Surface | vtkPolyData | 1 | | | the input surface |
| ifile | SurfaceInputFileName | str | 1 | | | filename for the default Surface reader |
| edgelength | TargetEdgeLength | float | 1 | (0.0,) | 1.0 | |
| edgelengtharray | TargetEdgeLengthArrayName | str | 1 | | | |
| edgelengthfactor | TargetEdgeLengthFactor | float | 1 | (0.0,) | 1.0 | |
| trianglesplitfactor | TriangleSplitFactor | float | 1 | (0.0,) | 5.0 | |
| endcapsedgelengthfactor | EndcapsEdgeLengthFactor | float | 1 | (0.0,) | 1.0 | |
| maxedgelength | MaxEdgeLength | float | 1 | (0.0,) | 1e+16 | |
| minedgelength | MinEdgeLength | float | 1 | (0.0,) | 0.0 | |
| entityidsarray | CellEntityIdsArrayName | str | 1 | | CellEntityIds | |
| elementsizemode | ElementSizeMode | str | 1 | ["edgelength","edgelengtharray"] | edgelength | |
| cappingmethod | CappingMethod | str | 1 | ["simple","annular","concaveannular"] | simple | |
| skipcapping | SkipCapping | bool | 1 | | 0 | |
| skipremeshing | SkipRemeshing | bool | 1 | | 0 | |
| volumeelementfactor | VolumeElementScaleFactor | float | 1 | (0.0,) | 0.8 | |
| boundarylayer | BoundaryLayer | bool | 1 | | 0 | |
| sublayers | NumberOfSubLayers | int | 1 | (0,) | 2 | |
| substeps | NumberOfSubsteps | int | 1 | (0,) | 2000 | |
| relaxation | Relaxation | float | 1 | (0.0,) | 0.01 | |
| localcorrection | LocalCorrectionFactor | float | 1 | (0.0,) | 0.45 | |
| sublayerratio | SubLayerRatio | float | 1 | (0.0,) | 0.5 | |
| thicknessfactor | BoundaryLayerThicknessFactor | float | 1 | (0.0,) | 0.25 | |
| remeshcapsonly | RemeshCapsOnly | bool | 1 | | 0 | |
| boundarylayeroncaps | BoundaryLayerOnCaps | bool | 1 | | 1 | |
| tetrahedralize | Tetrahedralize | bool | 1 | | 0 | |
| ofile | MeshOutputFileName | str | 1 | | | filename for the default Mesh writer |
| remeshedsurfacefile | RemeshedSurfaceOutputFileName | str | 1 | | | filename for the default RemeshedSurface writer |
Output arguments
| Argument | Variable | Type | Length | Range | Default | Description |
| id | Id | str | 1 | | 0 | script id |
| handle | Self | self | 1 | | | handle to self |
| o | Mesh | vtkUnstructuredGrid | 1 | | | the output mesh |
| entityidsarray | CellEntityIdsArrayName | str | 1 | | CellEntityIds | |
| remeshedsurface | RemeshedSurface | vtkPolyData | 1 | | | the output surface |
