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Old   March 4, 2012, 03:07
Default Unstructured mesh generation
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Normally are hexahedral and polyhedral meshes classified into unstructured mesh?
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Old   March 4, 2012, 16:47
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Yes, hex and poly meshes are often included in the unstructured category. The exception is when a hex mesh is actually an IxJxK grid (aka mapped mesh) - that's a structured grid (or mesh).
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