mesh.Mesh.face_mesh#

Mesh.face_mesh()#

Return a Mesh consisting of the unique faces of the elements.

Returns#

Mesh: A Mesh whose elements are the unique faces defined by the nodes of the original Mesh.

Notes#

This can only be used with a Mesh of level >= 2.

Examples#

>>> M = Mesh(eltype="hex8").subdivide(2).face_mesh()
>>> print(M)
Mesh: n_nodes: 27, n_elems: 36, plexitude: 4, level: 2, eltype: quad4
  BBox: [0. 0. 0.], [1. 1. 1.]
  Size: [1. 1. 1.]
  Length: 0.0  Area: 9.0