The Mesh Boolean
Operation (MBO) handles complex and extremely bad geometry faster and easier. When
SOLIDWORKS cannot conduct Boolean operations successfully because
of bad geometry (such as bad topology with missing entities or self-intersecting faces),
you can use MBO.
MBO meshes bodies separately
and
then
conducts Boolean operations
on
the meshed bodies without using CAD Boolean operations.
This technology prepares and meshes even
very bad models 5-15 times faster without prior user adjustments or automatic model
healing. You can use MBO with the CAD Boolean diagnostic, combining the power of Mesh
Boolean and the convenience of getting additional information, such as a diagnostic of
the fluid domain.
If the CAD Boolean diagnostic fails to
detect the fluid domain, you can still mesh the model with Mesh Boolean. In these cases,
the Solver Monitor dialog box shows additional
subdomain diagnostics. You can specify how to handle the geometry (CAD Boolean,
Preprocessor Boolean (formerly called Improved Geometry Handling), or Mesh Boolean), and
you can turn off the CAD Boolean diagnostics.