diff --git a/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/system/cvMeshDict b/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/system/cvMeshDict
index eba392103d9d365be99af8ccef8e72808847308e..91a1c4ad0d525d1610c1d2b3fa149b82fdacde7a 100644
--- a/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/system/cvMeshDict
+++ b/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/system/cvMeshDict
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ surfaceConformation
 
     mixedFeaturePointPPDistanceCoeff    5.0;
 
-    featurePointExclusionDistanceCoeff  0.4;
+    featurePointExclusionDistanceCoeff  0.65;
 
-    featureEdgeExclusionDistanceCoeff   0.2;
+    featureEdgeExclusionDistanceCoeff   0.8;
 
-    surfaceSearchDistanceCoeff  2.5;
+    surfaceSearchDistanceCoeff  3;
 
     maxSurfaceProtrusionCoeff   0.1;
 
@@ -67,15 +67,15 @@ surfaceConformation
     {
         initial
         {
-            edgeSearchDistCoeff         2;
+            edgeSearchDistCoeff         5;
             surfacePtReplaceDistCoeff   0.5;
             surfacePtExclusionDistanceCoeff 0.5;
         }
 
         iteration
         {
-            edgeSearchDistCoeff         1.5;
-            surfacePtReplaceDistCoeff   0.7;
+            edgeSearchDistCoeff         2;
+            surfacePtReplaceDistCoeff   0.5;
         }
 
         maxIterations 15;
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ initialPoints
 
     autoDensityCoeffs
     {
-        minCellSizeLimit 0.001;
         minLevels 1;
         maxSizeRatio 3.0;
         sampleResolution 4;
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ motionControl
         flange.obj
         {
             priority            1;
-            mode                bothSides;
+            mode                inside;
             cellSizeFunction    linearDistance;
             linearDistanceCoeffs
             {
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ motionControl
 
     maxLoadUnbalance            0.05;
 
-    alignmentSearchSpokes       24;
+    alignmentSearchSpokes       36;
 
     alignmentAcceptanceAngle    48;
 
diff --git a/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/system/decomposeParDict b/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/system/decomposeParDict
index 30d5b85f645ee97d3570a2eab888c210f1760bc6..f54d913bac9be6231f317a5048009951e647692f 100644
--- a/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/system/decomposeParDict
+++ b/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/system/decomposeParDict
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ FoamFile
 }
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
-numberOfSubdomains 8;
+numberOfSubdomains 4;
 
 method          scotch;
+//method          hierarchical;
 
 simpleCoeffs
 {