[Tomashek]

Hi!

I have a problem with sharp edges. Which parameters should I change to get a better mesh? As you can see the object is not mesh very well even If I change the snapControls parameters.

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FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    object      autoHexMeshDict;
}

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castellatedMesh true;
snap                 true;
addLayers         false;

geometry
{
   
    cube.stl
    {
        type triSurfaceMesh;
	name cube;
    }
};


castellatedMeshControls
{


    maxLocalCells 1500000;

    maxGlobalCells 2000000;

    minRefinementCells 0;

    nCellsBetweenLevels 2;

    features
    (
        {file "cube.eMesh"; level 2;}
    );



    refinementSurfaces
    {
        cube
        {
            
            level (1 2);

        }
    }

    resolveFeatureAngle 0;


    refinementRegions
    {
    }

    locationInMesh (2 2 2);

    allowFreeStandingZoneFaces true;
}



snapControls
{
    
    nSmoothPatch 15;
    
    tolerance 0.1;

    nSolveIter 300;

    nRelaxIter 15;
}



addLayersControls
{
  
    relativeSizes true;

   
    layers
    {
        
    }

    
    expansionRatio 1.1;
   
    finalLayerThickness 0.7;
  
    minThickness 0.1;
    
    nGrow 1;

    featureAngle 60;

    nRelaxIter 5;

    nSmoothSurfaceNormals 1;

    nSmoothNormals 3;

    nSmoothThickness 10;
  
    maxFaceThicknessRatio 0.9;

    maxThicknessToMedialRatio 0.9;


    minMedianAxisAngle 130;

    nBufferCellsNoExtrude 0;


    nLayerIter 50;

    nRelaxedIter 20;
}


meshQualityControls
{

    maxNonOrtho 65;

    maxBoundarySkewness 20;

    maxInternalSkewness 4;

    maxConcave 80;

    minFlatness 0.5;

    minVol 1e-13;

    minTetQuality 1e-30;

    minArea -1;

    minTwist 0.05;

    minDeterminant 0.001;

    minFaceWeight 0.05;

    minVolRatio 0.01;

    minTriangleTwist -1;



    nSmoothScale 4;

    errorReduction 0.75;



    relaxed
    {

        maxNonOrtho 75;
    }
}



debug 0;


mergeTolerance 1E-6;


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