MeshCells
Details

- MeshCells is often used to get the symbolic cell h[{i1,…}] from a cell index {d,i}.
- The cells returned have the form h[{i1,…}] where ik are coordinate index indicating point ik in the list of coordinates given by MeshCoordinates.
- The mesh region mreg can be either MeshRegion or BoundaryMeshRegion.
- The cell specification cellspec follows the standard form described for MeshRegion and BoundaryMeshRegion.
- MeshCellCount can be used to find the maximum number of cells for each dimension.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Mesh cells for a MeshRegion in 1D:
The 0D cells also include the end points of the line:
Mesh cells for a MeshRegion in 2D:
The 0D cells include all the corner points:
The 1D cells include all the edges:
The only 2D cell is used as input:
Mesh cells for a MeshRegion in 3D:
Scope (7)
Mesh cells for a MeshRegion in 1D:
The 0D cells also include the end points of the line:
Mesh cells for a MeshRegion in 2D:
The 0D cells include all the corner points:
The 1D cells include all the edges:
The only 2D cell is used as input:
Mesh cells for a MeshRegion in 3D:
The indices given in MeshCells correspond to MeshCoordinates:
Construct a MeshRegion directly:
Create a GraphicsComplex:
Specify a list of 1D cell primitives:
Applications (1)
Extract the lines from a MeshRegion to make a wireframe mesh:
The indices given in MeshCells correspond to MeshCoordinates:
Properties & Relations (1)
The indices in MeshCells refer to the MeshCoordinates:
Possible Issues (1)
Culling of unused coordinates may change cell indices:
The cell indices refer to MeshCoordinates, not the input coordinates:
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2014), MeshCells, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MeshCells.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "MeshCells." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MeshCells.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). MeshCells. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MeshCells.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_meshcells, author="Wolfram Research", title="{MeshCells}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MeshCells.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_meshcells, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={MeshCells}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MeshCells.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}