CopyEdge

Copy an edge mesh.

Syntax

model.mesh(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"CopyEdge");

model.mesh(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).selection(property);

model.mesh(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).set(property,<value>);

model.mesh(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).getType(property);

Description

Use model.mesh(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"CopyEdge") to copy mesh between edges in a 2D or 3D geometry.

The following properties are available:

Table 4-16: Available Properties for CopyEdge

Property	Value	Default	Description
direction	auto | same | opposite	auto	Direction of the copied mesh
copymethod	auto | singlecopy | arraycopy	auto	Type of copy operation
source	Selection	Empty	Source edges
destination	Selection	Empty	Destination edges
smoothcontrol	on | off	on	Specifies if the operation smooths the mesh across removed control entities.
smoothmaxiter	integer	8 in 2D, 4 in 3D	Specifies the number of smoothing iterations.
smoothmaxdepth	integer	8 in 2D, 4 in 3D	Specifies the maximum element smoothing depth.

Use the properties source and destination to specify the source and destination edges. The copymethod property determines if many-to-one or many-to-many copying is used. The direction property controls the orientation of the copied mesh, and is relative the direction of the source edge with smallest number and the direction of the destination edge.

Copying a mesh is only possible if the destination edge is not adjacent to a meshed domain. The copy feature overwrites any existing mesh on the destination edge.

Compatibility

The following properties from the corresponding COMSOL Multiphysics 3.5a command, meshcopy, have been removed:

Table 4-17: Removed Properties

Property	Reason
mcase	Defined by the meshing sequence

Example

Mesh Edge 1 and copy the mesh to Edges 2, 3, and 4.

Code for use with Java

Model model = ModelUtil.create("Model");

GeomSequence g = model.geom().create("geom1", 2);

MeshSequence m = model.mesh().create("mesh1", "geom1");

 

g.create("sq1", "Square");

g.run();

 

m.create("edg1", "Edge");

m.feature("edg1").selection().set(new int[]{1});

m.create("cpe1", "CopyEdge");

m.feature("cpe1").selection("source").set(new int[]{1});

m.feature("cpe1").selection("destination").set(new int[]{2, 3, 4});

m.run();

Code for use with MATLAB

model = ModelUtil.create('Model');

g = model.geom.create('geom1', 2);

m = model.mesh.create('mesh1', 'geom1');

 

g.create('sq1', 'Square');

g.run;

 

m.create('edg1', 'Edge');

m.feature('edg1').selection().set(1);

m.create('cpe1', 'CopyEdge');

m.feature('cpe1').selection('source').set(1);

m.feature('cpe1').selection('destination').set(2:4);

m.run;

See Also

CopyFace, CopyDomain, Copy