CopyFace

Copy a face mesh.

Syntax

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

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

model.mesh(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).create(<ftag1>,maptype);

Description

Use model.mesh(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"CopyFace") to copy mesh between faces in a 3D geometry.

If you want to specify the orientation of the source mesh on the destination, use model.mesh(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).create(<ftag1>,maptype) to add an EdgeMap, a OnePointMap, or a TwoPointMap attribute feature.

The following properties are available:

Table 4-18: Available Properties for CopyFace

Property	Value	Default	Description
copymethod	auto | singlecopy | arraycopy	auto	Type of copy operation
source	Selection	Empty	Source boundaries
destination	Selection	Empty	Destination boundary
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 boundaries. The copymethod property determines if many-to-one or many-to-many copying is used.

Compatibility

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

Table 4-19: Removed Properties

Property	Reason
direction	Defined by the attribute feature EdgeMap
mcase	Defined by the meshing sequence
sourceedg	Defined by the attribute feature EdgeMap
targetedg	Defined by the attribute feature EdgeMap

Example

Mesh Face 1 of a block and copy the mesh to the opposite Face 6.

Code for use with Java

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

GeomSequence g = model.geom().create("geom1", 3);

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

 

g.create("blk1", "Block");

g.run();

 

m.create("ftri1", "FreeTri");

m.feature("ftri1").selection().set(new int[]{1});

m.create("cpf1", "CopyFace");

m.feature("cpf1").selection("source").set(new int[]{1});

m.feature("cpf1").selection("destination").set(new int[]{6});

m.run();

Code for use with MATLAB

model = ModelUtil.create('Model');

g = model.geom.create('geom1', 3);

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

 

g.create('blk1', 'Block');

g.run;

 

m.create('ftri1', 'FreeTri');

m.feature('ftri1').selection().set(1);

m.create('cpf1', 'CopyFace');

m.feature('cpf1').selection('source').set(1);

m.feature('cpf1').selection('destination').set(6);

m.run;

See Also

CopyEdge, CopyDomain, Copy, EdgeMap, OnePointMap, TwoPointMap