Generating the mesh with assignment of size around
points
Enter rotate angle -90 90 on the command line. This way we will have
a side view.
Figure 38. Side view of the part.
Choose Meshing Assign Sizes
Points. A window comes up in which to enter the element size around the
point to be selected. Enter 0.7.
Select only the points on the wheel profile. One way of doing this is to
select the entire part and then cancel the selection of the points that form
the prism hole. Press ESC to conclude the selection process.
Figure 39. The selected points of the wheel profile
Choose Meshing Generate.
A window comes up asking if the previous mesh should be eliminated (Figure
40). Click Yes. Another window appears in which to enter the maximum
element size. Leave the default value unaltered.