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Dear all,</div>
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I need help refining my 3D mesh around a plane. <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">
I have set a few points on the x-axis and refined around them (see s1.png and s2.png), in this way:</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">lc = 0.015</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Point(1) = </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">{-0.003,0,0,lc}</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Point(14) = {0.009,0,0,lc}</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Field[3] = Distance;</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Field[3].NodesList = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14};</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Field[4] = Threshold;</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Field[4].IField = 3;</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Field[4].LcMin = lc/100;</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Field[4].LcMax = lc*20;</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Field[4].DistMin = 0.001;</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Field[4].DistMax = 0.0015;</span></p>
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">Now, I want to refine all around the XY plane</span>. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">The
way I would go about it is to set a few more points on the XY plane (symmetrically) and refine around them in the same way as above. </span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">However, this approach does not ensure homogeneity in the refinement and I believe there is a smarter way to do it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">Could anybody help me with this?</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">Thank you very much.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">Kind regards,</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">Silvia</span></div>
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