[Gmsh] transfinite volume error

Fabian f.braennstroem at gmx.de
Sun Dec 28 16:36:09 CET 2008


Christophe Geuzaine wrote:
> Fabian wrote:
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>> Hi Christophe,
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>> Christophe Geuzaine wrote:
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>>> Fabian wrote:
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>>>> Hi,
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>>>> I am getting  an error message for a simple room geometry:
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>>>> Info    : Meshing volume 106 (transfinite)
>>>> Error   : Incompatible surface 58 in transfinite volume 106
>>>> Error   : Cannot tetrahedralize volume with quadrangles on boundary
>>>> Info    : Mesh 3D complete (0.004001 s)
>>>> Info    : 4063 vertices 4819 elements
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately I have not idea, what I am doing wrong using 
>>>> 2.2.7-cvs-20081201!? I attached the geo file.
>>>> Would be nice, if anyone has a suggestion, what I am doing wrong!?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Hi Fabian - You didn't do anything wrong: we forgot to update the
>>> transfinite volume meshing algorithm to take into account the fact that
>>> we now allow "implicit" transfinite surfaces (when you don't specify the
>>> corners by hand). This should be fixed in the next nightly build.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Are there any plans to use such an "implicit" approach for transfinite 
>> volumes as well?
>>     
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> I've just added it: give it a try with tomorrow's snapshot.
>   

Thanks! Great!

Fabian

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