[Gmsh] Draw and mesh a screw with gmsh

David Colignon David.Colignon at ulg.ac.be
Mon Apr 20 08:33:03 CEST 2009


Hi Bao,

extrusion along a curve is not possible at the moment, as explained in

http://www.geuz.org/pipermail/gmsh/2009/004162.html

Here is an example file of what can easily be done with extrusion and rotation

Cheers,

Dave

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Bao LE Minh wrote:
> Dear,
> 
> I'm trying to do a mesh of a screw with gmsh, so I would like to know if 
> it is possible to extrude a surface along a spiral curve.
> Could anybody tell me if it's possible? if yes, how to do this?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> 
> Bao
> 
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