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Tet Tools Panel

Tetrahedral meshing and lattice topology generation for creating generative structures from closed meshes.

Tetrahedralize

Tetrahedralize a closed mesh. Click Run to process.

InputNicknameDescriptionDefault
MeshMClosed mesh to tetrahedralize
Min RatioRMinimum radius-edge ratio (≥ 1.0)1.5
Target LengthLOptional target edge length (sets max volume to L³ / 6)-1
OutputNicknameDescription
PointsPtsTetrahedral vertices
Tetra IndicesTIIndices per tetrahedron (4 per tet)
Tetra MeshesTMIndividual tet meshes
CentroidsCTet centroids
Inner EdgesIEInterior tet edges (deduplicated)
Surface EdgesSEBoundary tet edges on the surface
Surface MeshSMOuter surface mesh
InfoIStatistics including radius-edge ratio

Lattice Components

All lattice components consume Points + TetraIndices from Tetrahedralize and produce Struts (Lines) + Nodes (Points) + Info.

Vertex to Centroid

Vertex to centroid (4 struts/tet).

Midpoint to Centroid

Edge midpoint to centroid (6 struts/tet).

FaceCenter to Centroid

Face center to adjacent centroids.

FaceCenter to EdgeMidpoint

Face center to face edge midpoints (12 struts/tet).

FaceCenter to FaceCenter

All pairs of face centers (6 struts/tet).

Midpoint to Midpoint

Opposite edge midpoints (3 struts/tet).

Corner to Opp FaceCenter

Vertex to opposite face center (4 struts/tet).

Corner to Opp EdgeMidpoint

Vertex to opposite edge midpoints (12 struts/tet).

Centroid to Centroid

Adjacent centroids through shared faces (Voronoi dual).

Edge Lattice

Tetrahedral edges deduplicated (6/tet).

Lattice Transition

Edge lattice to truncated tet blend.