# When meshing solids, the "Quad-dominated" option does not work for me

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**Category:** General Questions
**Created:** [February 9, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/when-meshing-solids-the-quad-dominated-option-does-not-work-for-me/2450 "2025-02-09T10:46:12Z")
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### Author: ![synt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/prepomax.discourse.group/synt/32/4658_2.png) [@synt](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/synt)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/when-meshing-solids-the-quad-dominated-option-does-not-work-for-me/2450/6 "2025-02-10T05:32:30Z")

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i checked again in menus to generate hex-dominant mesh, it seems some option is missing in `Mesh.Recombine3DAll` to be activated (yes/1) instead of default (no/0). Another meshing algorithm setting also in `2D R-Tree` options.

 ![2025-02-10 09_31_35-Window](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/prepomax/original/2X/c/c4e9f3f945f3f9774af739fcc366b0b7011ae343.png)

result without recombine 3D in latest Gmsh (v4.13.1)

 ![2025-02-10 14_21_59-Window](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/prepomax/original/2X/4/48aaf27623a6ed8e413eb0f88071146d69bfac2d.png)

result without recombine 3D in PrePoMax almost identical in pattern and division,

 ![2025-02-10 12_29_07-Window](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/prepomax/original/2X/b/b37556ed01fb8f19778256ee014e1e3f01e58d86.png)

 ![2025-02-10 12_31_15-PrePoMax v2.2.10 dev](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/prepomax/original/2X/5/578f3cbef53554c130da6a8422697f27a81bbd5a.png)

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