[Gmsh] holes and layers

[Jin Chen]

On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Christophe Geuzaine wrote:

> Jin Chen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am starting to learn Gmsh. Can anyone explain to me what they are and
> > how to use them ?
> >
>
> - "Holes" stands for "holes in a surface or a volume". See e.g.
> tutorial/t4.geo for the definition of a surface with a hole in it, or
> tutorial/t5.geo for the definition of a volume with holes (cavities).
This is not the kind of hole I am asking. What I mean is as follows:
When I repeated t1.geo interactively using GUI, I was always asked to
select a "hole" at the bottom of graphical window after I selected the
boundary line in order to create a surface.



> - "Layers" is only used in conjunction with the "Extrude" command, and
> specifies how many layers of elements you want to generate during the
> extrusion. See e.g. tutorial/t3.geo.
>
> Christophe
>
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> Christophe A. Geuzaine
> Applied and Computational Mathematics, Caltech
> geuzaine at acm.caltech.edu - http://geuz.org
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