6.1. Starting the Project ....................................................................................................................... 136
6.2. Step 1: Preparing the Geometry ..................................................................................................... 138
6.3. Step 2: Blocking the Geometry ...................................................................................................... 140
6.4. Step 3: Fitting the Blocking to the Geometry .................................................................................. 142
6.5. Step 4: Creating the First Ogrid ...................................................................................................... 146
6.6. Step 5: Adjust the Ogrid Edge Length to Improve Quality ............................................................... 150
6.7. Step 6: Generate the Pre-Mesh ....................................................................................................... 156
6.8. Step 7: Creating the Second Ogrid ................................................................................................. 158
6.9. Step 8: Generating the Mesh .......................................................................................................... 161
6.10. Step 9: Saving the Project ............................................................................................................ 169
7. Bottom Up Hexa Mesh Strategy for a Grid Fin .................................................................................... 173
7.1. Starting the Project ....................................................................................................................... 175
7.2. Step 1: Creating an Initial 2D Blocking Associated with a Minor Geometry ...................................... 175
7.3. Step 2: Creating an Ogrid and Placing Vertices ............................................................................... 182
7.4. Step 3: Completing the 2D Grid by Vertex Placement ..................................................................... 186
7.5. Step 4: Extruding the 2D Grid to Create 3D Blocking ....................................................................... 191
7.6. Step 5: Resolving Zero Thickness Walls ........................................................................................... 201
7.7. Step 6: Defining Periodicity ........................................................................................................... 205
7.8. Step 7: Generating and Refining the Mesh ..................................................................................... 207
7.9. Step 8: Cleaning up ....................................................................................................................... 210
8.Tetra Mesh in a Piston/Valve Assembly ............................................................................................... 215
8.1. Starting the Project ....................................................................................................................... 216
8.2. Step 1: Preparing the Geometry ..................................................................................................... 216
8.3. Step 2: Setting Mesh Parameters .................................................................................................... 221
8.4. Step 3: Generating the Mesh .......................................................................................................... 224
8.5. Step 4: Checking the mesh and Cleaning up .................................................................................. 227
9.Tetra/Prism Mesh in a Fin Configuration ............................................................................................. 229
9.1. Starting the Project ....................................................................................................................... 229
9.2. Step 1: Creating Surface Parts and a Material Point ......................................................................... 231
9.3. Step 2: Setting up Mesh Parameters ............................................................................................... 233
9.4. Step 3: Generating the Tetra/Prism Mesh ........................................................................................ 237
9.5. Step 4: Checking and Smoothing the Tetra/Prism Mesh .................................................................. 239
9.6. Step 5: Building the Hexa-Core mesh ............................................................................................. 241
9.7. Step 6: Saving the Project .............................................................................................................. 243
10. Tetra/Prism Mesh Generation for an Aorta ....................................................................................... 245
10.1. Starting the Project ..................................................................................................................... 246
10.2. Step 1: Preparing the Geometry ................................................................................................... 247
10.3. Step 2: Setting the Mesh Parameters ............................................................................................ 252
10.4. Step 3: Generating the Octree Mesh ............................................................................................. 255
10.5. Step 4: Generating the Delaunay Mesh ........................................................................................ 260
10.6. Step 5: Saving the Project ............................................................................................................ 264
10.7. Further Setup .............................................................................................................................. 267
11. Prism Options in a Hybrid Mesh for a Helicopter .............................................................................. 269
11.1. Starting the Project ..................................................................................................................... 270
11.2. Step 1: Preparing the Geometry ................................................................................................... 270
11.3. Step 2: Setting the Mesh Parameters ............................................................................................ 273
11.4. Step 3: Generating the Tetrahedral mesh ...................................................................................... 274
11.5. Step 4: Generating Post Inflation Prism Layers .............................................................................. 275
11.6. Step 5: Generating Pre Inflation Prism Layers ................................................................................ 278
11.7. Step 6: Part-by-part Prism Meshing Parameters ............................................................................ 280
12. Merged Tetra-Hexa Mesh in a Hybrid Tube ....................................................................................... 283
12.1. Starting the Project ..................................................................................................................... 284
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