[Gmsh] Atypical, newbie question

[Johannes Wimmer]

Embedded points in volume would be what you want but it seems to be not 
implemented yet. Do you want tet meshes? Why not define a small 
tetrahedron in your volume with one of its vertices where your bcs are 
defined?

Cheers,
Johannes

On 31.03.2016 17:54, Julius Bier Kirkegaard wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have (I think) a fairly simple question, but it's also quite atypical, so
> I have had no luck Googling. I hope that you one of you might have time to
> point me in the right direction...
>
> I have a box:
>
> box_size = 50;
> lb = 10.;
> Point(1) = {-box_size/2, -box_size/2, -box_size/2, lb};
> Point(2) = {box_size/2, -box_size/2, -box_size/2, lb};
> Point(3) = {box_size/2, box_size/2, -box_size/2, lb};
> Point(4) = {-box_size/2, box_size/2, -box_size/2, lb};
> Line(1) = {1, 2};
> Line(2) = {2, 3};
> Line(3) = {3, 4};
> Line(4) = {4, 1};
> Line Loop(5) = {1, 2, 3, 4};
> Plane Surface(6) = {5};
> Extrude {0, 0, box_size} {
>    Surface{6};
> }
>
> This works quite well and gmsh is happy to (3D) mesh it.
>
> The problem is that I would to ensure that certain points inside the box
> are node points. So my question is, how do I ensure that points, like these
>
> lc = 10;
> Point(5) = {7.150548, 1.000000,  -6.990684, lc};
> Point(6) = {-4.438894, 1.000000,  -8.960816, lc};
> Point(7) = {-9.893936, 1.000000,  1.452595, lc};
> Point(8) = {-1.675894, 1.000000,  9.858569, lc};
> Point(9) = {8.858176, 1.000000,  4.640336, lc};
> Point(10) = {1.675894, 4.750000,  -9.858569, lc};
> Point(11) = {-8.858176, 4.750000,  -4.640336, lc};
> Point(12) = {-7.150548, 4.750000,  6.990684, lc};
> Point(13) = {4.438894, 4.750000,  8.960816, lc};
> Point(14) = {9.893936, 4.750000,  -1.452595, lc};
> Point(15) = {7.150548, 8.500000,  -6.990684, lc};
>
> are part of the mesh nodes?
>
> The reason I need this is that I need to impose boundary conditions at
> these specific points.
>
> Thank you all in advance.
>
> Best wishes,
> Julius
>
>
>
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