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Mechanical scripting interface 2025

`ControlType`

Last update: 09.03.2026

class Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.MechanicalEnums.MeshWorkflow.ControlType(*args, **kwds)

Bases: enum.Enum

To select the mesh workflow control type.

Overview

Attributes

Name
AddPrescribedPoints
AddPrescribedPointsFromFile
Checkpoint
ConstantSizeMultiZoneVolumeMesher
ConstantSizeSurfaceMesh
ConstantSizeVolumeMesh
ConstantSizeWrap
CustomNamesEnclosure
CustomNamesExtrusion
CustomNamesWrap
Extrusion
HemisphereEnclosure
HoleFilling
HolePatching
ImproveSurfaceMeshProjectionOnGeometry
ImproveSurfaceMeshQuadsToTrianglesSplitting
ImproveSurfaceMeshSecondOrderConversion
ImproveVolumeMeshAutoNodeMove
ImproveVolumeMeshSecondOrderConversion
IrregularShapeConvexEnclosure
IrregularShapeHemiConvexEnclosure
MaterialPoint
MergeNodes
MeshExport
MeshImport
MeshReplication
NumberOfDivisionsOnEdges
PartEnclosure
PartsMerging
QuadBoundaryLayer
QuadMeshAdvancedOptions
SizeFieldMultiZoneVolumeMesher
SizeFieldWrap
SphericalEnclosure
StackableBodiesDetection
StackerDiagnostics
StackerVolumeFlattening
StackerVolumeMeshing
TopologyCreation
TopologyDeletion
TopologyProtectionMultiZoneMesher
UserNamesStackableBodiesDetection
UserNamesStackerVolumeFlattening
UserNamesVolumetricSizeField
VolumesMerging
VolumetricSizeFieldBOI
VolumetricSizeFieldCurvature
VolumetricSizeFieldLoad
VolumetricSizeFieldMaxSize
VolumetricSizeFieldProximity
WrapSpecificSurfaceMesh
ZoneMaterialAssignment
ZoneThicknessAssignment

Attribute detail

ControlType.AddPrescribedPoints = 86

ControlType.AddPrescribedPointsFromFile = 87

ControlType.Checkpoint = 3

ControlType.ConstantSizeMultiZoneVolumeMesher = 72

ControlType.ConstantSizeSurfaceMesh = 59

ControlType.ConstantSizeVolumeMesh = 66

ControlType.ConstantSizeWrap = 88

ControlType.CustomNamesEnclosure = 13

ControlType.CustomNamesExtrusion = 28

ControlType.CustomNamesWrap = 92

ControlType.Extrusion = 27

ControlType.HemisphereEnclosure = 9

ControlType.HoleFilling = 29

ControlType.HolePatching = 30

ControlType.ImproveSurfaceMeshProjectionOnGeometry = 81

ControlType.ImproveSurfaceMeshQuadsToTrianglesSplitting = 80

ControlType.ImproveSurfaceMeshSecondOrderConversion = 79

ControlType.ImproveVolumeMeshAutoNodeMove = 83

ControlType.ImproveVolumeMeshSecondOrderConversion = 84

ControlType.IrregularShapeConvexEnclosure = 11

ControlType.IrregularShapeHemiConvexEnclosure = 12

ControlType.MaterialPoint = 94

ControlType.MergeNodes = 133

ControlType.MeshExport = 5

ControlType.MeshImport = 4

ControlType.MeshReplication = 85

ControlType.NumberOfDivisionsOnEdges = 101

ControlType.PartEnclosure = 7

ControlType.PartsMerging = 117

ControlType.QuadBoundaryLayer = 63

ControlType.QuadMeshAdvancedOptions = 62

ControlType.SizeFieldMultiZoneVolumeMesher = 73

ControlType.SizeFieldWrap = 91

ControlType.SphericalEnclosure = 8

ControlType.StackableBodiesDetection = 134

ControlType.StackerDiagnostics = 136

ControlType.StackerVolumeFlattening = 98

ControlType.StackerVolumeMeshing = 100

ControlType.TopologyCreation = 19

ControlType.TopologyDeletion = 20

ControlType.TopologyProtectionMultiZoneMesher = 78

ControlType.UserNamesStackableBodiesDetection = 135

ControlType.UserNamesStackerVolumeFlattening = 99

ControlType.UserNamesVolumetricSizeField = 21

ControlType.VolumesMerging = 31

ControlType.VolumetricSizeFieldBOI = 26

ControlType.VolumetricSizeFieldCurvature = 24

ControlType.VolumetricSizeFieldLoad = 22

ControlType.VolumetricSizeFieldMaxSize = 23

ControlType.VolumetricSizeFieldProximity = 25

ControlType.WrapSpecificSurfaceMesh = 61

ControlType.ZoneMaterialAssignment = 14

ControlType.ZoneThicknessAssignment = 15

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