CAB’s unique features include:
Automated and Fast Grid Generation: The user picks a group of enclosed surfaces, then clicks a button,and the mesh is generated automatically. For a typical engineering problem, the grid can be created within minutes.
Accurate Representation of Original Geometry : The CAB generated mesh fits the surface shape at the volume boundary. The mesh also preserves other critical geometry features such as important edges. CAB will automatically increase grid density to better resolve geometry features. Users can also explicitly set grid density/surface curvature to have direct control over grid quality.
High Quality/High Efficiency Grid : Grids generated by CAB are mostly cartisian hexadral cells which are very preferable for many high accuracy algorithms. For the same level of accuracy, fewer cells are needed as compared to tetrahedrel cells.
Can Tolerate "Dirty" CAD Files : Many CAD surface files are not fully water tight. They might have small gaps, or are not properly stiched together. Many grid generation algorithm will fail if the CAD geometry contains such "dirty" features, and the geometry has to be cleaned up before grid generation. However CAB algorithm can tolerate those dirty geometry to a certain degree. In many cases, CAB can still generate a reasonable grid from dirty geometries with only a negligible lose of accuracy, allowing meaningful simulation of the problem.