[Gmsh] Import Iges solid

[kosala bandara]

Hi David,

It worked, many thanks.
Do you happen to know any good way to convert a cad model to the STEP
format?

My CAD models are in AutoCAD (which cannot export STEP) and I'm currently
working on using Autodesk Inventor to get out a STEP file.
Thanks again.

Cheers,
Kosala

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:23 PM, David Colignon <David.Colignon at ulg.ac.be>wrote:

> Hi Kosala,
>
> if it is possible, try to use the STEP format instead of the IGES. STEP
> stores the information about the topology of the model and should keep the
> volume information.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave
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> On 23/03/11 15:53, kosala bandara wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm having a problem importing solid objects vie IGES format.
>> Basically, when I mesh it only a surface mesh is created.
>> If I need a volume mesh I have to define the volume again in gmsh. Is
>> there a way to automatically recognize volumes
>> when you import?
>>
>> Kosala
>>
>>
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