[Gmsh] Renumbering midside nodes on loading of msh file (fixed)

[Mark Starnes]

On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 12:30 +0000, David Colignon wrote:
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> On 17/12/09 12:21, Mark Starnes wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > First, thanks for the great software.  I've been using Gmsh for four
> > years now in favour of other commercial packages.  Please keep up the
> > good work!
> >
> > Now for my problem:
> >
> > With the script,
> >
> > $MeshFormat
> > 2.1 0 8
> > $EndMeshFormat
> > $Nodes
> > 6
> > 1 0 1 0
> > 2 0 0 0
> > 3 1 0 0
> > 4 0 0.5 0
> > 5 0.5 0 0
> > 6 0.5 0.5 0
> > $EndNodes
> > $Elements
> > 1
> > 11 9 3 39 93 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
> > $EndElements
> >
> > loading on gmsh version 2.3.0 works as expected, with midside nodes
> > agreeing with the script above.
> >
> > However, with my copy of Versions 2.3.1 and 2.4.2, on loading, the
> > Message Console shows gmsh has remeshed the element (without my
> > requesting it) and the midside
> > node numbers have changed.  Saving the default options with the two
> > cases generates identical option files, and I can't
> > find a way to prevent the newer gmsh versions re-meshing on load.
> >
> > Trying the same experiment with a fresh installation of 2.4.2 under
> > windows works as hoped.
> >
> >
> > Can anybody help?  Is there a configuration file I'm unaware of?
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> There are two possible configuration files you should look for:  .gmsh-options  and  .gmshrc
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dave
> 

Thanks Dave.  Moving those two files from my home directory, elsewhere,
fixed the issue.

Best regards,

Mark. 
  
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