<!doctype HTML public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Frameset//EN"> <html> <!--(==============================================================)--> <!--(Document created with RoboEditor. )============================--> <!--(==============================================================)--> <head> <title>Taper</title> <!--(Meta)==========================================================--> <meta http-equiv=content-type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=generator content="RoboHELP by eHelp Corporation - www.ehelp.com"> <meta name=generator-major-version content=0.1> <meta name=generator-minor-version content=1> <meta name=filetype content=kadov> <meta name=filetype-version content=1> <meta name=page-count content=1> <meta name=layout-height content=824> <meta name=layout-width content=813> <!--(Links)=========================================================--> <link rel='stylesheet' href='../default_ns.css'> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpSplitCss"> <!-- if (navigator.appName !="Netscape") { document.write("<link rel='stylesheet' href='../default.css'>");} //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- img_whs1 {border-style: none; border: none; float: none; width: 30px; height: 30px;} img_whs2 {border-style: none; border: none; width: 791px; height: 170px;} p.whs3 {margin-left: 40px;} img_whs4 {border-style: none; border: none; width: 24px; height: 23px;} img_whs5 {border-style: none; border: none; width: 465px; height: 326px;} --> </style> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpInlineScript"> <!-- function reDo() { if (innerWidth != origWidth || innerHeight != origHeight) location.reload(); } if ((parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4) && (navigator.appName == "Netscape")) { origWidth = innerWidth; origHeight = innerHeight; onresize = reDo; } onerror = null; //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- div.WebHelpPopupMenu {position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; z-index:4; visibility:hidden;} --> </style> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whmsg.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="../whver.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whproxy.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whutils.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whtopic.js"></script> </head> <!--(Body)==========================================================--> <body> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2"> <!-- if (window.gbWhTopic) { if (window.addTocInfo) { addTocInfo("SMESH module\nQuality controls\nTaper"); addButton("show",BTN_TEXT,"Show","","","","",0,0,"","",""); } if (window.writeBtnStyle) writeBtnStyle(); if (window.writeIntopicBar) writeIntopicBar(1); if (window.setRelStartPage) { setRelStartPage("../smesh.htm"); autoSync(0); sendSyncInfo(); sendAveInfoOut(); } } else document.location.reload(); //--> </script> <h1>Taper</h1> <p><img src="../i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Taper</B></span> mesh quality criterion represents the ratio of the areas of two triangles separated by a diagonal. So it can be calculated only for elements consisting of 4 nodes.</p> <p><img src="../image25.gif" width="791px" height="170px" border="0" class="img_whs2"></p> <p> </p> <p class=TODO> </p> <p class=TODO>To apply the Taper quality criterion to your mesh:</p> <p class=TODO> </p> <p class="whs3">1. Display your mesh in the viewer.</p> <p class="whs3"> </p> <p class="whs3">2. Choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Quality Controls > Taper </B></span>or click <img src="../image36.gif" width="24px" height="23px" border="0" class="img_whs4"> button in the toolbar. Your mesh will be displayed in the viewer with its elements colored according to the applied mesh quality control criterion:</p> <p class="whs3"> </p> <p class="whs3"><img src="../image6.jpg" width="465px" height="326px" border="0" class="img_whs5"></p> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2"> <!-- if (window.writeIntopicBar) writeIntopicBar(0); //--> </script> </body> </html>