[Gmsh] Cannot find gmsh log

[Ruth V. Sabariego]

Indeed, the information you can save is what you see in the Message Console.
Usually, what you see before the first error occurs helps to locate the 
problem in the geometry.
There is no other log file.

Ruth

Zenker, Dr. Matthias wrote:
> Thank you for the reply.
>
> I have now used the "Save" button, but the log file contains only the
> contents of the message window, without additional details.
> For my geometry, I get
>
> Error   : 3 identical points in Qtest
>
> during the 2D meshing, and
>
> Error   : Self intersecting surface mesh, computing intersections (this
> could take a while)
> Error   : Surface mesh is wrong, cannot do the 3D mesh
>
> for the 3D meshing. Each time I am told to "Check the full log for
> details". But where is it?
>
> How can I find out where exactly the problem is?
>
> Thank you and best regards,
>
> Matthias 
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Christophe Geuzaine [mailto:cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:10 PM
>> To: Zenker, Dr. Matthias
>> Cc: gmsh at geuz.org
>> Subject: Re: [Gmsh] Cannot find gmsh log
>>
>> Zenker, Dr. Matthias wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have the following (trivial?) problem:
>>>
>>> During the meshing of a geometry, gmsh reports an error (without 
>>> aborting the meshing) and asks me to "check the full log 
>>>       
>> for details".
>>     
>>> But my .gmsh-errors dates from an earlier fatal error, not 
>>>       
>> from this 
>>     
>>> one. And I have the impression that a .gmsh-errors file is 
>>>       
>> generated 
>>     
>>> only when a fatal error occurs, which is not the case here.
>>>
>>> So where can I find the "full log"?
>>>       
>> Indeed, the full log is only saved to disk in case a "fatal error" 
>> occurs. For "regular errors" (!), you'll have to save it 
>> yourself (click "Save" in the message console).
>>
>>     
>>> BTW, the error is "3 identical points in Qtest"
>>>
>>> Thank you for a hint,
>>>
>>> Matthias
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Dr. Ir. Ruth V. Sabariego
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