[Gmsh] Hole in a plate
David Colignon
David.Colignon at ulg.ac.be
Mon Oct 1 08:21:17 CEST 2007
Hi Todd,
can you send us your IGES file to test it ?
And if you generate the file yourself, can you export it in the STEP format instead of IGES ?
Cheers,
Dave
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Todd Martin wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to mesh an IGES surface with a hole in it. Unfortunately the hole
> is represented by many small line segments and gmsh tries to divide each line
> segment into two even smaller elements when I apply a 2D mesh, no matter what
> characteristic length I choose. Is there some way to prevent this?
>
> I've tried changing the "Transfinite->Line" number of points, but it doesn't
> seem to make any difference. Is this because the hole is not on a flat
> surface?
>
> I'm using the CVS source from 27 September.
>
> Thanks,
> Todd.
>
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