[Gmsh] n00b Help

[ANDREW LINDSAY]

David,

Thanks for the advice.  Though I am still not sure how to proceed.

I have attached my geometry file.  Are you able to tell me the steps that
I need to follow?

Best regards

Andrew

On 5/06/11 12:10 AM, "David Colignon" <David.Colignon at ulg.ac.be> wrote:

>
>On 04/06/11 14:47, ANDREW LINDSAY wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> This is my first posting to the group.
>>
>> I am trying to create a mesh of a pipe that is insulated. The
>>insulation will have a radial cut out in the middle of the
>> joint with a different insulation material in this section.
>>
>> I can create the model in 2D, but how to I rotate the 2D around the
>>axis of symetry to create the 3D pipe model?
>
>Hi Andrew,
>
>http://geuz.org/gmsh/doc/texinfo/gmsh.html#Transformations
>
>But don't forget that Gmsh's native CAD engine does not support circles
>arcs >= Pi. Split your body into 3 pieces and
>you'll be fine.
>
>Regards,
>
>Dave
>
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>>
>> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Andrew Lindsay
>>
>>
>>
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