[Gmsh] Array interval as argument for Plane Surface holes

Christophe Geuzaine cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Wed Jan 9 08:10:51 CET 2013


Indeed: coilLoops[1]:coilLoops[nc] means {coilLoops[1], coilLoops[1]+1, coilLoops[1]+2, ..., coilLoops[nc]}. What you want is coilLoops[{1:nc}].

So I would do:

Plane Surface(loopAir) = {loopAir, coilLoops[{1:nc}]};

Cheers,
Christophe

On 08 Jan 2013, at 23:27, Ricardo Luiz Dalbosco <ricardo at dalbosco.net> wrote:

> Hi Christophe, 
> 
> Here is the code I'm trying to run:
> 
> 
> a = 0.3;	        //Coil side lenght					
> kr = 2;		//Coil correction factor
> nc = 10;	       //Num,ber of ciol turns
> b = kr*a;	       //Space between coils
> lc = a*( kr*(nc - 1) + 1 ) + a;		//Air region lenhgt
> mesh = 1.0;	
> 
> x = 0; y = lc/2; z = 0;
> 
> //Loop to draw nc squares
> For turn In {1:nc}	
> 	
> 	//Points
> 	point1 = newp; Point(point1) = {x, y, z, mesh};
> 	point2 = newp; Point(point2) = {x + a, y, z, mesh};
> 	point3 = newp; Point(point3) = {x + a, y + a, z, mesh};
> 	point4 = newp; Point(point4) = {x, y + a, z, mesh};
> 		
> 	//Lines
> 	line1 = newl; Line(line1) = {point1, point2};
> 	line2 = newl; Line(line2) = {point2, point3};
> 	line3 = newl; Line(line3) = {point3, point4};
> 	line4 = newl; Line(line4) = {point4, point1};
> 							
> 	//Plane Surface (newsl = surface loop)
> 	lineLoop = newsl; Line Loop(lineLoop) = {line1, line2, line3, line4}; 
> 			
> 	//Lista para criar a Physical Surface
> 	coilLoops[turn] = lineLoop;
> 		
> 	//Space between turns
> 	x += b;		
> 	
> EndFor
> 
> //Draw a rectangular Air container
> x = 0; y = 0; z = 0;
> pAir1 = newp; Point(pAir1) = {x - a, y, z, mesh};
> pAir2 = newp; Point(pAir2) = {x + lc, y, z, mesh};
> pAir3 = newp; Point(pAir3) = {x + lc, y + lc, z, mesh};
> pAir4 = newp; Point(pAir4) = {x - a, y + lc, z, mesh};
> 	
> //lines
> lineAir1 = newl; Line(lineAir1) = {pAir1, pAir2};
> lineAir2 = newl; Line(lineAir2) = {pAir2, pAir3};
> lineAir3 = newl; Line(lineAir3) = {pAir3, pAir4};
> lineAir4 = newl; Line(lineAir4) = {pAir4, pAir1};
> 	
> //Line Loop
> loopAir = newsl; 
> Line Loop(loopAir) = {lineAir1, lineAir2, lineAir3, lineAir4}; 
> //Plane Surface with coil squares as holes
> Plane Surface(loopAir) = {loopAir, coilLoops[1]:coilLoops[nc]}; 
> //Physical Surface
> Physical Surface("Air") = {loopAir};
> 
> ---------
> 
> So, the problem seems to be this line:
> Plane Surface(loopAir) = {loopAir, coilLoops[1]:coilLoops[nc]};
> 
> Also, the code Plane Surface(loopAir) = {coilLoops[1]:coilLoops[nc]}; gives the same problem.
> 
> It works fine when I describe the Plane Surface like this:  
> Plane Surface(loopAir) = {loopAir, coilLoops[1], coilLoops[2], coilLoops[3], ..., coilLoops[nc] };
> 
> And the syntax  coilLoops[1]:coilLoops[nc], also works describing a Physical Surface("Coil") = {coilLoops[1]:coilLoops[nc]}.
> 
> I am using Gmsh 2.6.1 version.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ricardo Luiz Dalbosco      -      
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Christophe Geuzaine <cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be> wrote:
> 
> Hi Riccardo - Could you send a complete test file? Here this type of syntax seems to work just fine:
> 
> Point(3) = {0.9, 0.7, 0, 1.0};
> Point(4) = {-0.9, 0.7, 0, 1.0};
> Point(5) = {-0.5, 0.2, 0, 1.0};
> Point(6) = {-0.5, -0.1, 0, 1.0};
> Point(7) = {-0.3, -0.1, 0, 1.0};
> Point(8) = {-0.3, 0.2, 0, 1.0};
> Point(9) = {0.3, 0.2, 0, 1.0};
> Point(10) = {0.3, -0.1, 0, 1.0};
> Point(11) = {0.5, -0.1, 0, 1.0};
> Point(12) = {0.5, 0.2, 0, 1.0};
> Line(1) = {1, 2};
> Line(2) = {2, 3};
> Line(3) = {3, 4};
> Line(4) = {4, 1};
> Line(5) = {6, 7};
> Line(6) = {7, 8};
> Line(7) = {8, 5};
> Line(8) = {5, 6};
> Line(9) = {10, 11};
> Line(10) = {11, 12};
> Line(11) = {12, 9};
> Line(12) = {9, 10};
> Line Loop(13) = {4, 1, 2, 3};
> Line Loop(14) = {8, 5, 6, 7};
> Line Loop(15) = {12, 9, 10, 11};
> hh[] = {14, 15};
> Plane Surface(16) = {13, hh[0]:hh[1]};
> 
> 
> 
> On 07 Jan 2013, at 17:48, Ricardo Luiz Dalbosco <ricardo at dalbosco.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to use an array interval to create holes in a Plane Surface.
> >
> > My script generates dynamically a variable number of squares, wich represent coil turns. Those squares are then assembled in Line Loops and saved in an array.
> >
> > Then, It's possible to create a Physical Surface like this
> > Physical Surface("Coil") = {loopsCoil[1]:loopsCoil[n]};
> >
> > Where loopsCoil[ ] is the array, and n is the number of turns
> >
> > It happens that the coil is placed inside the Air region. Then, to define my Air region I need to specify the Coil as a "hole".
> > But when I try to do this:
> >
> > Plane Surface(airRegion) = {allAirRegion, loopsCoil[1]:loopsCoil[n]}
> >
> > Gmsh simply closes, without an error message.
> > So, it seems I can't define a Plane Surface with the array syntax.
> >
> > Does anyone knows how I can proceed to create the holes in the surface?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ricardo Luiz Dalbosco      -
> >
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