34.5.5 Adapt/Volume...

The Adapt/Volume... menu item opens the Volume Adaption dialog box.

Volume Adaption Dialog Box

The Volume Adaption dialog box allows you to mark or refine cells based on cell volume or change in cell volume. See Section  27.7 for details.

Controls

Options   contains the radio buttons that toggle between marking and/or refining based on volume magnitude or volume change.

Magnitude   enables the marking/refining of cells based on volume magnitude.

Change   enables the marking/refining of cells based on the change in volume.

Min   displays the minimum value of cell volume or cell volume change in the mesh. This value is not editable.

Max   displays the maximum value of cell volume or cell volume change in the mesh. This value is not editable.

Max Volume   defines the threshold value for marking/refining the mesh based on volume magnitude. Cells that have volumes greater than the threshold are marked for refinement.

Max Volume Change   defines the threshold value for marking/refining the mesh based on the change in volume. Cells with volume changes that are greater than the threshold value are marked for refinement.

Manage...   opens the Manage Adaption Registers dialog box, which allows you to display and manipulate adaption registers that are generated using the Mark command.

Controls...   opens the Mesh Adaption Controls dialog box, which allows you to control certain aspects of the adaption process.

Adapt   refines the mesh based on either the maximum volume or the volume change, and the adaption limits.

Mark   marks cells to be refined based on either the maximum volume or the volume change. This command produces an adaption register. For information on using adaption registers, see Section  27.11.1.

Compute   calculates the minimum and maximum cell volume or cell volume change and displays them in the Min and Max real number fields.