{"id":54834,"date":"2017-05-26T01:34:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T01:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/54834\/"},"modified":"2017-05-26T01:34:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T01:34:13","slug":"54834","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/54834\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Changing Mesh Size without Observable Differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of factors that can influence how a mesh gets refined. When using &#8220;Global and Local Mesh Controls&#8221; (See the Meshing Users Guide), the &#8220;Size Function&#8221; &nbsp;has considerable influence, if this is set to &#8220;Adaptive&#8221; then the mesher uses the &#8220;value of the element size property to <strong>determine a starting point<\/strong> for the mesh size&#8221;. If the &#8220;Size Function&#8221; &nbsp;is set to &#8220;on&#8221; then you&#8217;ll have more control by using the Min and Max Sizes controls. You can even override them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>For the R18.0 ANSYS Student Product, go to ANSYS 18.0 &gt; ANSYS Help 18.0 in your Windows Start Menu. Then navigate to &#8220;<strong>Meshing Users Guide<\/strong>&#8221; and the check out the Global and Local mesh controls sections. These should address your question more thoroughly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a short video about Workbench Meshing from our Student Product <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ansys.com\/products\/academic\/support-resources\">Support Resources<\/a> webpage.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ANSYS Student: Meshing Best Practices for Students\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/24d0e20bnEA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-54834","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are a number of factors that can influence how a mesh gets refined. 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