mesh.Mesh.peel#

Mesh.peel(nodal=False)#

Remove the border elements from a Mesh.

Parameters#

nodal: bool: If True, all elements connected to a border node are removed. The default will only remove the elements returned by border_elems().

Returns#

Mesh: A Mesh with the border elements removed.

Examples#

>>> M = Mesh(eltype='quad4').subdivide(4)
>>> print(M.peel().compact())
Mesh: n_nodes: 9, n_elems: 4, plexitude: 4, level: 2, eltype: quad4
  BBox: [0.25 0.25 0.  ], [0.75 0.75 0.  ]
  Size: [0.5 0.5 0. ]
  Length: 2.0  Area: 0.25
>>> M2 = M.remove_selected([0])
>>> print(M2.peel(nodal=True).n_elems())
3