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<P>I am using GMSH to mesh simple shapes using 2nd order tetrahedral elements (10-nodes). I noticed that GMSH outputs an error at the end of the 3D meshing process: negative jacobians. My FEM code also has difficulties in calculating the Jacobian for these elements. I found out in the online documentation that the order of the mid-side nodes 7-8-9 may have to be inverted as 7-9-8, this way maintaining the same order as the other nodes. If I do this my code calculates the Jacobian, but the results are wrong. What is also puzzling is the fact that I cannot even visualize the mesh in VTK format. Meaning, the mesh comes out with holes. Have you encountered this type of issue before?</P>
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<P>Regards,</P>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif" size=2>Gianluca Longoni, Ph.D.<BR>Website: http://plaza.ufl.edu/longoni/</FONT><BR></DIV><SPAN name="x"></SPAN><BR></DIV></div></body></html>