[Gmsh] 3D volume grid fails using stl file

Christophe Geuzaine cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Sat Jun 20 18:10:37 CEST 2009


Vadivelan C wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I created a geometry using salome and exported in stl format. Then i 
> imported to gmsh and tried to mesh. But i am getting error during 3D 
> mesh process.
> 
> Info    : CalcLocalH: 140728 Points 0 Elements 281446 Surface Elements
> Info    : Check subdomain 1 / 1
> Info    : 281446 open elements
> Error   : ERROR: Edge 630 - 1789 multiple times in surface mesh
> Error   : ERROR: Edge 630 - 1957 multiple times in surface mesh
> Error   : ERROR: Edge 1789 - 1988 multiple times in surface mesh
> Error   : ERROR: Edge 1957 - 1988 multiple times in surface mesh
> Error   : ERROR: Surface mesh not consistent
> Error   : ERROR: Stop meshing since surface mesh not consistent
> Info    : Mesh 3D complete (8.23975 s)
> Info    : 140728 vertices 283242 elements
> Error   : ------------------------------
> Error   : Mesh generation error summary
> Error   :     0 warnings
> Error   :    12 errors
> Error   : Check the full log for details
> Error   : ------------------------------
> 
> Can you tell me what mistake i am doing ?. I attached geo file and stl 
> file which i used.

does it work with the default algorithm (delaunay) ?

> 
>  - Ranjith
> 
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