Generating a high-quality mesh is a critical task for CAE users. It allows for a detailed view of the design and provides important insights. To achieve a good mesh, the underlying geometry must be analyzed, and the best quality mesh should be applied. A mesh that meets the objective is the right choice for the given scenario. It’s important to use a mesh that is of reasonable quality and tailored to the specific problem to ensure the solver produces accurate results.

MeshWorks features a powerful CAE meshing engine that enables users to rapidly generate 2D and 3D meshes from intricate CAD data, including Tetra, Sheet Metal, Mid-plane, and Hexa. With highly automated meshing functions, users can produce high-quality meshes with minimal intervention and in the shortest possible time, without the need for extensive CAD clean-up. The system also offers template-based meshing, allowing users to set up templates for feature recognition, mesh size requirements, and quality criteria. Additionally, MeshWorks provides automated mesh quality improvement functions, ensuring meshes meet user-specified quality templates and constraint criteria.

MeshWorks supports a wide range of CAD interfaces, enabling users to import geometries from popular CAD packages and generic formats like STEP and Para solid. MeshWorks also includes a comprehensive set of CAD functions for curve, surface, and solid editing and manipulation. Additionally, the system provides batch meshing capability, allowing users to assign meshing templates to entire model assemblies and mesh them in a batch mode across multiple processors – on workstations or in the HPC environment.

The AI/ML based feature recognition engine in MeshWorks produces higher geometric accuracy. The system also offers template-driven meshing, enabling enormous mesh control for features such as fillets, tubes, chamfers, and machined faces. Additionally, MeshWorks includes powerful feature removal and suppression tools, which allow users to create simplified meshes for specific CAE workflows by removing features like fillets, ribs, and bosses. Furthermore, MeshWorks boasts the widest range of hex meshing functions, including auto-cartesian-hex mesher and parametric extrusion hex mesher.

With a recent update, MeshWorks continues to set new standards, enhancing its Meshing module to deliver even more precision, efficiency, and versatility in mesh generation. This innovative upgrade promises to revolutionize the way engineers approach complex geometries, enabling seamless integration with various simulation tools and accelerating the product development lifecycle.

Key Meshing Features:

Hexa Meshing

Depth Meshing Techniques

Cake Slicing Method: Intelligent slicing, topology definition, and solid propagation for high-quality hexahedral meshes.
Parametric Extruded Hex Mesh: Converts data into structured, tessellated meshes with parametric extrusion.
Complex Hex Geometry Handling: Handles intricate CAD geometries like spin features, gear teeth, and complex extrusions.

Rapid Mesh Modifications

Drastically reduces modeling time with unique tools like Hex Cutter and Solid Fuse.

Multi-Industry Applications

Optimized structured meshing for enhanced structural integrity and analysis.

Benchmarking Against Industry-Leading Features

Built for time and cost efficiency—benchmark-proven.

Industrial-Grade Mesher

Industrial-grade excellence with Auto Hex, Fuse, and Cake Slicing.

Simple & Easy User Experience

Delivers a simple and easy user experience through smart tools that simplify complex meshing, enable quick modifications, and effortlessly handle intricate geometries.

Uniqueness of MeshWorks Tools

Advanced solutions for tires, gears, cake slicing, and more.

Auto HexMesh

MeshWorks offers an advanced, fully automated tool for generating high-quality HexMesh. This tool simplifies the meshing process for complex geometries, making it ideal for intricate models such as Seat Foam, Bumper Foam, and Calipers. With a single click, users can achieve precise and efficient meshing.

Extruded HexMesh

The Extruded HexMesh tool in MeshWorks provides exceptional precision and flexibility. It is a highly automated, process-driven solution perfect for capturing detailed features like Rib Draft angles. This tool ensures accuracy in models like Mounts, Rotors, and Housings.

Hexa from MidShell

MeshWorks includes an automated solution designed to generate Hex Mesh from MidShells, specifically for thin-walled structures. This feature significantly enhances efficiency in mesh creation.

Hex Cutter

MeshWorks fully automated Hex Cutter tool boosts productivity by enabling quick removal of elements in specific regions while maintaining high element quality. It is particularly useful for creating Holes, Slots, and Arbitrary Re-Entrant profiles with precision.

Solid Fuse

The Solid Fuse in MeshWorks seamlessly fuses complex interaction regions of different Hexa geometries. It ensures node-to-node connectivity, enhancing workflow efficiency and simplifying the meshing process.

Tetra Meshing

Depth Meshing Techniques

MeshWorks delivers high-precision tetra meshing by developing customized meshing templates, defining tube and fillet parameters, generating detailed skin meshes, and creating accurate boundary and layered volume meshes.

Rapid Mesh Modifications

Accelerates product development with quick and efficient mesh modifications in MeshWorks 2025.

Multi-Industry Applications

High-precision meshing for accurate and efficient simulations across industries.

Benchmarking Against Industry-Leading Features

Proven efficiency and unmatched performance with MeshWorks.

Industrial-Grade Mesher

Balances feature capture and gradation control for industrial applications.

High-Quality Industrial-Grade Mesher

Achieves superior-quality outputs with Robo Meshing and precision gradation.

Simple & Easy User Experience

Streamlines the tetra meshing process, delivering superior results with ease.

Uniqueness of MeshWorks Tools

Features a unique Tetra Rib Creation Tool for enhanced efficiency.

Auto Tetra Meshing

MeshWorks provides a completely automated, template-based solution for generating high-quality Tetramesh from CAD parts. It recognizes features like Fillets, Tubes, and Chamfers, and offers various meshing algorithms to meet diverse requirements.

Tetra Feature Creation/Modification Tools

MeshWorks enhances flexibility with its Solid Boolean tools, which facilitate the union of Tetra meshes, the creation of Tetra Ribs, and automatic feature removal. These tools optimize mesh quality and efficiency.

Tetra Meshing Enhancement

MeshWorks offers optimized tetra mesh gradation control, reducing the tetra count for efficient model production. This enhancement ensures that feature capture and quality requirements are met without compromising on performance.

Mid-Plane Meshing

Depth Meshing Techniques

Offers advanced depth meshing techniques with automated mid-plane meshing, accurate fillet and washer capture, boss feature recognition, and support for hybrid methods including straight, 2D closed/hollow mesh, and tetra-mid-plane hybridization.

Rapid Mesh Modifications

Achieves rapid mesh modifications with powerful automation.

Multi-Industry Applications

The ideal solution for accurate plastic component simulations.

Benchmarking Against Industry-Leading Features

Delivers 50% time savings and enhanced quality, outperforming competitors in automated mid-plane meshing.

Mesh Reuse

Optimizes efficiency by cutting costs and saving time.

Simple & Easy User Experience

Provides intuitive, automated mid-plane meshing tools that streamline validation, post-processing, and overall workflow efficiency.

Uniqueness of MeshWorks Tools

Robo Meshing ensures precision and superior quality.

Value to Customer

Reseed Mesh displays existing seeding for seamless adjustments and superior accuracy.

Sheet Metal Meshing

Depth Meshing Techniques

Enhances meshing accuracy for precise and efficient sheet metal modeling.

Rapid Mesh Modifications

Streamlines model modifications with advanced mesh tools for faster iterations.

Multi-Industry Applications

Robust and efficient meshing for durability analysis.

Benchmarking Against Industry-Leading Features

Optimized to reduce time and improve cost efficiency.

Uniqueness of MeshWorks Tools

Exclusive tools fast-track product development with optimized efficiency.

Mesh Parameters

MeshWorks provides a fully automated mesh creation function. Users can create high-quality meshes with user-defined inputs, ensuring smooth and efficient mesh flow.

Interactive Batch Mesher

The Interactive Batch Mesher in MeshWorks allows for the creation of structured and quality meshes based on various input parameters. It includes tools for feature removal and suppression to optimize mesh flow.

Flow Correction & Feature Capturing

Flow Correction & Feature Capturing: MeshWorks offers a variety of correction features under its mesh editing tools. These features enhance mesh quality through both manual and automated correction methods, supported by automated thickness assignment and feature capturing.

Model Assembly

Depth Meshing Techniques

Enables high-fidelity modeling of full-depth connections with seamless component integration for robust assembly simulations.

Multi-Industry Applications

Enables seamless integration for accurate system-level analysis.

Benchmarking Against Industry-Leading Features

Outperforms competitors – 60% more efficient in both time and cost.

Industrial-Grade Mesher

Delivers high-precision modeling for complex assemblies.

Plastic Meshing

Auto Mid Plane Meshing

MeshWorks introduces a fully automated solution for extracting high-quality Midmesh from 3D CAD parts. This tool supports hierarchical relationships for easy and efficient modifications.

Automated Thickness Assignment

MeshWorks simplifies the process of thickness assignment with automated tools, including layered thickness assignment for Ribs with Drafts. This feature streamlines the meshing process and ensures accuracy.

Cross Rib / Pattern Rib Creation

MeshWorks provides automated tools for creating Ribs on complicated base meshes. It can generate Pattern Ribs with absolute node-to-node connectivity, enhancing the overall mesh quality.

Mid Mesh Validation

MeshWorks includes tools to validate mid-mesh for node issues both inside and outside the geometry. These tools accurately identify and resolve free edges in the model.

Thickness Assignment

MeshWorks offers advanced thickness assignment tools, allowing for precise customization of variable thicknesses to meet specific project requirements. CAD Mesh Compare: MeshWorks’ CAD Mesh Compare tool helps users identify and reuse finite elements from previous design iterations, optimizing workflow efficiency and reducing redundant work.

Feature Replicate

MeshWorks enables the replication of features across model inputs at the finite element level. This ensures consistency and accuracy in element replication across different models.

Template Based Meshing

MeshWorks introduces template-based meshing, providing enhanced customization possibilities and control over mesh creation. Users can define mesh parameters, model treatment, and fillet selections to ensure maximum feature capturing and quality reseeding.

Benefits:

MeshWorks offers a significant improvement in CAD clean-up, resulting in a drastic reduction in post-mesh correction time.
It also delivers significantly higher element quality compared to other market tools, further reducing meshing turn-around-time (TAT).
With MeshWorks, users have access to all types of superior meshing options, including tetra, hexa, plastics, sheet metal, and more, all in one software.
This eliminates the need for multiple meshing software and results in significant cost and time savings.
MeshWorks reduces total meshing time by 30% to 50% across various model types while maintaining high mesh quality. Additionally, when using the same meshing and quality templates, MeshWorks produces a lower tetra count compared to competitors, ultimately reducing analysis run-time.

How does MeshWorks compare to other similar software?

Features	MeshWorks – Meshing	Similar softwares
Automated Mesh Editing Tools	✔️	❌
Unique Hex Meshing Functions	✔️	❌
Faster Meshing Turn- Around-Time	✔️	❌
Customized Automated	✔️	❌
Meshing Tools	✔️	❌
Industry-Leading Meshing Engine	✔️	❌
Feature Capture with Quality Requirements	✔️	✔️