[Gmsh] question about meshing a floating plane inside a cube

[remacle]

At 07:25 08/10/2004, C. D. Wang wrote:
>Hi Christophe,
>
>I am trying to mesh a 3D object (e.g. a cube) where it has a plane
>floating inside it. I intended to have elements surrounding the plane
>without the plane having to cut through any of them. I tried this, first
>in 2D (i.e. a straight line enclosed by a square) with attractor line
>and transfinite line, and then 3D with transfinite surface and none
>worked. I got elements that were cut through by the plane (or the line).
>Can you suggest me any method to do this kind of meshing?

I'm sorry but gmsh meshing algorithms do not take into account
embedded surfaces. Perhaps the netgen mesher could do the job ?

JFR

>Thank you for your help.
>
>- Cynthia
>
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Prof. Jean-François Remacle
Department of Civil Engineering
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