[Gmsh] IGS import scaling

Christophe Geuzaine cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Fri Oct 17 22:12:44 CEST 2008


Ingo Reinhold wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I've been trying to import a IGS file in its original units. However,  
> GMSH keeps changing the dimensions and multiplying it by 100. Scaling  
> down the thing with Dilate{} doesn't work for the rather complex  
> geometry. Any idea, how I can preserve the original measures. Can I  
> run the Merge command with some kind of additional parameter to make  
> it fit?
> 

No, unfortunately the IGES reader is part of OpenCascade.

As a workaround you could manybe scale the resulting mesh with the 
Mesh.ScalingFactor option?


> 
> Best Regrads,
> 
> Ingo
> 
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