27.13 Improving the Mesh by Smoothing and Swapping

Smoothing and face swapping are tools that complement mesh adaption, increasing the quality of the final numerical mesh. Smoothing repositions the nodes and face swapping modifies the cell connectivity to achieve these improvements in quality.

Face swapping is applicable only to meshes with triangular or tetrahedral cells.

Smoothing and face swapping are available only for serial cases, not for parallel cases.

Both, smoothing and swapping are performed using the Smooth/Swap Mesh dialog box (Figure  27.13.1).

Adapt $\rightarrow$ Smooth/Swap...

Figure 27.13.1: The Smooth/Swap Mesh Dialog Box