[Gmsh] coloring 2d surfaces

[jeremy theler]

There it goes!
Thank you Ruth, both suggestions worked.

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jeremy

On Wednesday 24 April 2013 02:12:00 Ruth V. Sabariego wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
> 
> It looks like the normal of your surfaces is different. I mean the
> rectangle on the left has an outward normal, the one on the right, an
> inward one. For seen the same colors,  you can do two things:
> - modifying the geometry for having all normals oriented in the same sense;
> - turning off the lighting: Tools->Options->Mesh->Enable lighting, or add
> "Mesh.Light = 0;" at the beginning of your file.
> 
> Ruth
> 
> On 24 Apr 2013, at 00:38, jeremy theler <jeremy at talador.com.ar> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > Find attached a simple geometry 2D file with a central square surronded
> > by two symmetrical rectangles. Assume the central square is made of one
> > material and the two rectangles are made of another one. Hence, I have
> > two physical entities, one with the central square and other with the
> > two rectangles.
> > 
> > Now, for the automatic preparation of figures for a report by means of a
> > bash script, I would like to have gmsh to paint the meshes of the
> > rectangles in one color (say red) and the central square in another one
> > (say green).
> > 
> > By entering
> > 
> > Color Green {Surface {12};}
> > Color Red {Surface {14, 16};}
> > 
> > I get the two rectangles in different kinds of red (see attached png). I
> > have tried to reference the physical entity with no luck.
> > 
> > Moreover, I did not get how the property Mesh.ColorCarousel works.
> > 
> > 
> > BTW, the geo file is just and example I made up in order to ask the
> > question. What I want to accomplish involves more surfaces and physical
> > entities, but the geo files are also only two-dimensional geometries.
> > 
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> > Thanks in advance.
> > --
> > jeremy
> > 
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> Dr. Ir. Ruth V. Sabariego
> University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
> http://ace.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/