Short edges are edges with a very short length.

 

Short Edge

 

To check for short edges, select Insignificant geometry and Short edges then set the Edge Length. All edges that are shorter than the specified value are short edges.

Small faces are faces where:

• all edges are below a specified length

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• the area of the face is less than the square of the specified length of an edge

The two ends of the cylinder are defined as small faces.

To check for small faces, select Insignificant geometry and Small faces then set the maximum edge length in the All Edge Lengths box. Faces with all edges below the specified length are small faces.

Sliver faces are faces with a very high aspect ratio (the ratio of length to width). A face is a sliver face if its area is less than the limiting area W*((P/2)-W), where W is the width specified by the user, and P is the face perimeter.

 

Sliver Face

 

To check for sliver faces, select Insignificant geometry and Sliver faces then set the Face Width. All faces that have an area less than the limiting area are sliver faces.

A sharp edge or knife edge is an edge where the angle between two adjacent faces is acute. When a part with knife edges is meshed in a finite element program, the mesh in the vicinity of the knife edge can be undesirably dense.

 

Knife Edge

 

To check for knife edges, select Sharp angles and Knife edges and set the Face Angle. If there are two adjacent faces that intersect at an angle below the specified value, the edge between the two faces is a knife edge.

A sharp vertex or knife vertex is a vertex where the angle between two adjacent edges is acute. Endpoints of knife edges are often knife vertices.

 

Knife Vertices

 

To check for knife vertices, select Sharp angles and Knife vertices and set the Edge Angle. If there are two adjacent edges that intersect at an angle below the specified value, the vertex between the two edges is a knife vertex.

To check for discontinuous faces, select Discontinuous geometry and Faces. All faces in the part where the underlying surface geometry has position or tangent discontinuity are discontinuous faces. Position or tangent discontinuity can be created when a part is imported.

To check for discontinuous edges, select Discontinuous geometry and Edges. All edges in the part where the underlying curve geometry has position or tangent discontinuity are discontinuous edges.