[Gmsh] Extract/highlight geometry edges
billy at dem.uminho.pt
billy at dem.uminho.pt
Thu Mar 23 22:15:49 CET 2006
Hi,
Gmsh is a great tool!
I tried it and it is a cool plugin! I use plugin "skin" and then "extract edges".
Thanks,
Billy.
Quoting Christophe Geuzaine <cag32 at case.edu>:
> Christophe Geuzaine wrote:
> > billy at dem.uminho.pt wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Is there a way to extract edges from a mesh? This because I want to
> >> include the
> >> edges of the geometry in the post-processing view but the lines used to
> >> construct the geometry look too confusing (to build the geometry I
> >> need more
> >> lines than just the edges).
> >
> > You could save the surface mesh as an STL file (File->Save as->STL) and
> > reload it: this will detect the edges. (You can change the STL options
> > and use 'Update edges' in the mesh menu to refine the angle threshold.)
> >
>
> Actually, this gave me an idea: I've just added a very simple plugin
> that extracts the edges from a (surface) post-processing view. If you're
> interested, you can give it a try: it will be available in tomorrow's
> nightly cvs source snapshot (Plugin(ExtractEdges)).
>
> Take care,
>
> Christophe
>
>
>
> >
> >> Billy.
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> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Christophe Geuzaine
> Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Mathematics
> http://www.case.edu/artsci/math/geuzaine
>
>