Function GetPoorMeshQualityElementList( _
   ByVal NMeshQualityKPI As System.Integer, _
   ByVal DLimitVal As System.Double, _
   ByVal NJacobianPts As System.Integer, _
   ByVal BCreateplot As System.Integer, _
   ByRef VarElementIDs As System.Object, _
   ByRef ErrorCode As System.Integer _
) As System.Integer

Dim instance As ICWMesh
Dim NMeshQualityKPI As System.Integer
Dim DLimitVal As System.Double
Dim NJacobianPts As System.Integer
Dim BCreateplot As System.Integer
Dim VarElementIDs As System.Object
Dim ErrorCode As System.Integer
Dim value As System.Integer
 
value = instance.GetPoorMeshQualityElementList(NMeshQualityKPI, DLimitVal, NJacobianPts, BCreateplot, VarElementIDs, ErrorCode)

System.int GetPoorMeshQualityElementList( 
   System.int NMeshQualityKPI,
   System.double DLimitVal,
   System.int NJacobianPts,
   System.int BCreateplot,
   out System.object VarElementIDs,
   out System.int ErrorCode
)

System.int GetPoorMeshQualityElementList( 
&   System.int NMeshQualityKPI,
&   System.double DLimitVal,
&   System.int NJacobianPts,
&   System.int BCreateplot,
&   [Out] System.Object^ VarElementIDs,
&   [Out] System.int ErrorCode
) 

Parameters

NMeshQualityKPI

Mesh element quality criterion as defined in swsMeshElementQualityKPI_e (see Remarks)

DLimitVal

Upper or lower limit of NMeshQualityKPI, beyond which the mesh becomes poor quality (see Remarks)

NJacobianPts

Jacobian points criterion (see Remarks)

BCreateplot

1 to create a plot, 0 to not

VarElementIDs

Array of element IDs

ErrorCode

Error code as defined by swsMeshKPIErrCode_e

Return Value

This method:

• Corresponds to the Mesh Quality Diagnostics tool in SOLIDWORKS Simulation. Access the Mesh Quality Diagnostics PropertyManager in a SOLIDWORKS Simulation study by right-clicking Mesh in the study's FeatureManager design tree and selecting Mesh Quality Diagnostics.
• Retrieves the IDs of elements satisfying the criterion specified by NMeshQualityKPI, DLimitVal, and NJacobianPts if valid.

If NMeshQualityKPI is swsMeshElementQualityKPI_e.swsMeshElementQualityKPI_:

• Volume or Area, then mesh has poor quality if less than DLimitVal; use NJacobianPts to specify the Jacobian points criterion.
• AspectRatio or JacobianRatio or ElemSkewRatio, then mesh has poor quality if greater than DLimitVal. NJacobianPts is ignored.
• JacobianRatio, then mesh has poor quality if greater than DLimitVal; use NJacobianPts to specify the Jacobian points criterion.

Possible values for NJacobianPts:

• 4  = Number of points inside the element tetrahedron near its vertices
• 16 = Number of points inside the element tetrahedron
• 29 = Number of points inside the element tetrahedron (same as 16 but calculates a more precise Jacobian ratio)
• 10 = At nodes;  Number of points = 4 vertices + 6 midpoints on 6 edges of the element tetrahedron

For more information, read the Simulation > Meshing > Mesh Quality Checks > Defining a Mesh Quality Plot topic in the SOLIDWORKS Help.