[Gmsh] very thin layer -> huge number of elements

[Christophe Geuzaine]

On 06 May 2013, at 07:32, Jan Martinek <jmartinek at cmi.cz> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to mesh a very thin curved layer (imagine a piece of cloth). It would be fine for me if the elements were thin, too. I think, GMSH attempts to make all the elements to be approximately regular tetrahedron and it results in huge number of elements.
> 
> Is there any possibility how to tell gmsh to create elements, which may be rather flat?
> 

Yes, using bamg/mmg3d. Here's a simple example:
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> Thank you,
> Jan Martinek
> 
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