Next-Generation Sweep Tool: A Method For Generating All-Hex Meshes On Two-And-One-Half Dimensional Geomtries

Proceedings, 7th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Lab, pp.505-513, October 1998

MESHING
RESEARCH
CORNER

7th International Meshing Roundtable
October 26-28, 1998
Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Parallel Computing Sciences Department
Sandia National Laboratories
M/S 0441, P.O. Box 5800
Albuquerque, NM 87185-0441
pknupp@sandia.gov

Abstract
Placement of interior node points is a crucial step in the generation of quality meshes in sweeping algorithms. Two new algorithms were devised for node point placement and implemented in Sweep Tool, the first based on the use of linear transformations between bounding node loops and the second based on smoothing. Examples are given that demonstrate the effectiveness of these algorithms

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