Software to check / compare mesh quality ?

raw_recruit · January 24, 2011, 04:52

Hello everyone,

at the moment i am working on a benchmarking between StarCCM+ (meshing only) and SnappyHexMesh.

I generated meshes with both of the programs for the same geometries. Now i want to compare the quality of the meshes. Does anyone know a free software that has built in mesh-quality-metrics, except of Paraview and Visit?

Thanks for your help

RobertB · January 24, 2011, 07:41

How do you propose to compare a tet/poly mesh with a hex mesh? What parameters would you use?

Wouldn't mesh quality across cell topologies also need to include how the solver uses the geometry (cell centre, face or node)as this will alter the assessment.

raw_recruit · January 24, 2011, 08:31

ok,
i want to compare a mesh genarated with the StarCCM+ Trimmer Meshing Model (hexahedral) with a mesh for the same geometry generated with SnappyHexMesh.
Parameters i want to compare are aspect ratio, skewness, orthogonality ans so on...

JBeilke · January 24, 2011, 12:47

Just load both meshes into CCM+ and do it there.

January 24, 2011, 04:52	Software to check / compare mesh quality ?	#1
raw_recruit New Member Fabian Westrich Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Hello everyone, at the moment i am working on a benchmarking between StarCCM+ (meshing only) and SnappyHexMesh. I generated meshes with both of the programs for the same geometries. Now i want to compare the quality of the meshes. Does anyone know a free software that has built in mesh-quality-metrics, except of Paraview and Visit? Thanks for your help

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January 24, 2011, 07:41		#2
RobertB Senior Member Robert Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 117 Rep Power: 16	How do you propose to compare a tet/poly mesh with a hex mesh? What parameters would you use? Wouldn't mesh quality across cell topologies also need to include how the solver uses the geometry (cell centre, face or node)as this will alter the assessment.

January 24, 2011, 08:31		#3
raw_recruit New Member Fabian Westrich Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	ok, i want to compare a mesh genarated with the StarCCM+ Trimmer Meshing Model (hexahedral) with a mesh for the same geometry generated with SnappyHexMesh. Parameters i want to compare are aspect ratio, skewness, orthogonality ans so on...

January 24, 2011, 12:47		#4
JBeilke Senior Member Joern Beilke Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dresden Posts: 498 Rep Power: 20	Just load both meshes into CCM+ and do it there.