Mesh Tools¶

Complete index of all Mesh workbench tools.

Import and Export¶

Tool	Description
Import Mesh	Load a mesh from an STL, OBJ, OFF, PLY, or AST file
Export Mesh	Save the selected mesh to a file
From Part Shape	Tessellate a solid into a mesh
Remesh with Gmsh	Re-mesh an existing mesh using Gmsh
Build Regular Solid	Create a mesh primitive (cube, sphere, cylinder, etc.)

Tool	Description
Evaluate and Repair	Comprehensive mesh quality check and repair dialog
Evaluate Facet	Inspect the properties of a single triangle
Curvature Info	Report curvature values at a picked point
Evaluate Solid	Check if the mesh is a closed solid
Bounding Box	Display the mesh bounding box dimensions
Vertex Curvature	Display a colour map of vertex curvature

Tool	Description
Harmonize Normals	Make all triangle normals point consistently outward
Flip Normals	Reverse all triangle normals
Fill Up Holes	Automatically fill all open boundary holes
Fill Hole Interactively	Pick and fill individual holes
Add Facet	Add a single triangle to the mesh
Remove Components	Delete disconnected mesh components below a size threshold
Remove Component by Hand	Interactively select and delete mesh regions
Smoothing	Smooth the mesh surface (Laplacian or Taubin)
Decimating	Reduce the triangle count while preserving shape
Scale	Scale the mesh by a factor

Tool	Description
Union	Boolean union of two meshes
Intersection	Boolean intersection of two meshes
Difference	Boolean difference of two meshes

Tool	Description
Cut by Polygon	Cut the mesh with a screen-drawn polygon
Trim by Polygon	Trim the mesh to a polygon boundary
Trim by Plane	Trim the mesh at a plane
Section by Plane	Create a cross-section wire at a plane
Cross-Sections	Create multiple parallel cross-section wires

Tool	Description
Merge	Merge two or more meshes into one
Split Components	Split a mesh into its disconnected components
Segmentation	Segment the mesh by curvature into regions
Segmentation — Best Fit	Segment by fitting geometric primitives