[Gmsh] Problems creating a body of revolution

[Christophe Geuzaine]

On 24/05/11 11:39, PL wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I try to create a body of revolution with gmsh.
> The shape will be quite complex. But for tests I have tried to create a
> simple sphere by extrusion of 2*Pi. I have attached my example.
>
> The problem is that I am not able to create the volume mesh.
> Can somebody give me a hint, what's going wrong?

Hi Patrick - see the docs: Gmsh's native CAD engine does not support 
circles arcs >= Pi. Split your body into 3 pieces and you'll be fine.

>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Patrick
>
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