# Meshing

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## [About the Meshing category](https://nullspaceusers.discourse.group/t/about-the-meshing-category/38)

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**Author:** [@nullspace.admin](https://nullspaceusers.discourse.group/u/nullspace.admin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://nullspaceusers.discourse.group/t/about-the-meshing-category/38 "2024-09-12T20:13:04Z")

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Post questions here about Meshing with Prep

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## [Electrode blocks not exported to \*.inp](https://nullspaceusers.discourse.group/t/electrode-blocks-not-exported-to-inp/87)

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**Author:** [@bepe](https://nullspaceusers.discourse.group/u/bepe)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://nullspaceusers.discourse.group/t/electrode-blocks-not-exported-to-inp/87 "2025-04-25T01:55:21Z")

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Hi everybody, I’m just getting started using NS Prep and ES for ion trap simulations. When starting a newly created NS ES job I ran into the following error: “Error : electrode block (26) not found in mesh blocks … ex…

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## [Cad requirements for good mesh](https://nullspaceusers.discourse.group/t/cad-requirements-for-good-mesh/82)

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**Author:** [@Michael](https://nullspaceusers.discourse.group/u/Michael)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://nullspaceusers.discourse.group/t/cad-requirements-for-good-mesh/82 "2025-02-04T18:28:10Z")

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Dear all, Since my last call at the forum, I have been more in touch with NS EM and got a little bit more experience. But not enough to simulate successful CAD which is not explained by the examples. To make it clear i…