[Gmsh] How to create an array from an original view?

[蔡园武]

Thank you, Dave,
I have followed your answer and successfully get the result.

Because the description of the plugin is not clear in the software and
manuscipt, I want to explain it here in case others may find useful.
The transformation matrix [A11 A12 A13 A21 A22 A23 A31 A32 A33] is used to
deform the view. In default it is an unit matrix so it won't deform.
Tx, Ty, Tz mean Translations in x, y, z, I guess.
SwapOrientation: I didn't try out its function, but I think it is used to
change the element orientation?
View: Which view to do the transform. The view can also be specified by
selecting it in the view list. In this case, the View value should be -1.

It should be noted that transformation through Tools->Plugins->Transform is
based on the last transformation operation. Suppose I have two views 0 and
1, both at the same position (0,0,0). I have done one translation by (Tx=1,
Ty=0, Tz=0), and now the transformed view 0 is at the position (1,0,0). Then
select another view 1 and do the same translation. The new position of view
1 should be (2,0,0), not (1,0,0).
Another way of transformation is in Tools->Options->View[]->Transfo. In this
way, the (Tx,Ty,Tz) is absolute, and the new position of view 1 should be
(1,0,0).

I'm not sure if I've said it clear.


2011/8/25 David Colignon <David.Colignon at ulg.ac.be>

>
> On 25/08/11 16:01, 蔡园武 wrote:
>
>  Hello,
>> I have a view, which is a square with an ElementData. In my simulation,
>> this square is periodic in XY directions, so I
>> want to create a new view with an array of the original view. Is it
>> possible in gmsh?
>> Thanks!
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> I think you should load several time the same view (which will be
> superposed), then arrange them with
>
> Tools->Options->View[*]->**Transfo-> 1.0 0. 0. X + **** + 0.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave
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