Fantastic-- thanks very much for the help.<br><br>Bill<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Geordie McBain <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gdmcbain@freeshell.org">gdmcbain@freeshell.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">2011/6/14 Bill Greene <<a href="mailto:w.h.greene@gmail.com">w.h.greene@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> This seems like it might be a newbie question but I can't find an<br>
> answer in the docs or previous postings.<br>
><br>
> If I create a simple square surface and push the 2D Mesh<br>
> button, I get a nice triangular mesh. But when I save this<br>
> mesh, as an abaqus file for example, I get both 1D and 2D<br>
> elements included.<br>
><br>
> How do I tell gmsh not to include these 1D elements in my<br>
> 2D mesh?<br>
<br>
</div></div>Define the two-dimensional domain as a Physical Surface; see<br>
<br>
<a href="http://geuz.org/gmsh/doc/texinfo/gmsh.html#Elementary-vs-physical-entities" target="_blank">http://geuz.org/gmsh/doc/texinfo/gmsh.html#Elementary-vs-physical-entities</a><br>
<br>
If you define any physical entities, then Gmsh will only save their<br>
elements in the mesh; define none and Gmsh saves all elements.<br>
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