[ICEM] smoothing to single plane

Vitaly · February 21, 2012, 12:50

Hello everyone,

I have a question about meshing to single plane. I have a surface triangle mesh that I am trying to extrude. It looks like the entire mesh is in one plane, but when extruding in the direction of the face normal, that is obviously not the case.

Is there a way to smooth a surface mesh to ensure that all the triangle faces are on a single plane?

Thanks,

Vitaly

rikio · February 23, 2012, 21:01

Yes, sure.
Move the mesh node by using both the Interactive and Exact tools under Edit Mesh tab.

February 21, 2012, 12:50	smoothing to single plane	#1
Vitaly Member Vitaly Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 32 Rep Power: 14	Hello everyone, I have a question about meshing to single plane. I have a surface triangle mesh that I am trying to extrude. It looks like the entire mesh is in one plane, but when extruding in the direction of the face normal, that is obviously not the case. Is there a way to smooth a surface mesh to ensure that all the triangle faces are on a single plane? Thanks, Vitaly

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February 23, 2012, 21:01		#2
rikio Senior Member Rikio Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SH, China Posts: 182 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 17	Yes, sure. Move the mesh node by using both the Interactive and Exact tools under Edit Mesh tab.