Mesh will not refine

Field85 · September 20, 2014, 09:08

Hi all,

As the title says I'm having an issue refining a mesh further. The picture attached shows my wind turbine that I am simulating, and as you can see the mesh downwind of the blades get progressively courser as you go further back.

The problem is I used the same settings in all three of the custom controllers that control this, ie the hub, blades and tower.

Is there some thing I'm not aware of that could be stopping me from getting the same mesh throughout the whole turbine? I have the correct parts selected in each custom control.

me3840 · September 23, 2014, 22:35

If you're going to use a volume control on the polymesher you should probably drop the volume blending factor. It's in the default controls. Use something around 0.1 or 0.2 and keep changing it until you get good growth.

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September 23, 2014, 22:35		#2
me3840 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,232 Rep Power: 24	If you're going to use a volume control on the polymesher you should probably drop the volume blending factor. It's in the default controls. Use something around 0.1 or 0.2 and keep changing it until you get good growth.