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 # ansys.meshing.prime.ProximitySizingParams

 Last update: 20.02.2026 

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#### *property* ProximitySizingParams.elements\_per\_gap *: [float](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/functions.html#float)*

The number of elements per gap can be a real value. This has the effect of stretching face elements with larger sizes along side faces, or gaps, thereby reducing the overall face count, and ultimately the cell count.