Customizing Mechanical Defaults

The following options are used when the Physics Type is set to Structural:


Element Order	Use the drop-down list to set the default Element Order for the Add tool to Quadratic or Linear. The default setting is Quadratic, generating mesh elements with mid-side nodes. You can select Linear to generate mesh elements with mid-side nodes removed.
Default Free Mesh Type	Set the Default Free Mesh Type for the Add tool. You can choose HexCore (default), HexDominant or Tetra. See Selecting an Element Shape for details.