Coreform Cubit 2024.8 User Documentation

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Coreform Cubit 2024.8 User Documentation

Metrics supporting higher-order element types

The following tables details the quality metrics that support some higher order element types:

Edges

Function Name	Higher order types supported
Length	All

Triangles

Function Name	Higher order types supported
Distortion	tri6
Element Area	All
Normalized Inradius	tri6

Quadrilateral

Function Name	Higher order types supported
Distortion	quad8
Element Area	All

Tetrahedron

Function Name	Higher order types supported
Distortion	tetra10
Element Volume	All
Inradius	tetra10
Jacobian	tetra15
Normalized Inradius	tetra10
Mass Increase Ratio	tetra10
Mean Ratio	tetra10
Timestep	tetra10

Hexahedron

Function Name	Higher order types supported
Distortion	hex20
Element Volume	All
Jacobian	hex27