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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hi,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I have difficulties to open your STEP file, my gmsh hangs when I try it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">What you can check: Are you sure you generated a 3D mesh? When you open your .msh file with gmsh, do you see volumes in Tools->Visibility?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Von:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> courtney gras [mailto:cag35@zips.uakron.edu]
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<b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 23. Oktober 2012 20:43<br>
<b>An:</b> gmsh@geuz.org<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [Gmsh] 3d Meshing Issue</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To Whom it May Concern, <br>
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I am attempting to mesh a rather complex geometry representative of a 3/0 AWG copper wire. I have a .step file (attached) for this geometry. When I attempt to mesh this geometry and open it in Elmer (for additional analysis), I noticed that the mesh has " 0
volume elements". <br>
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Would you be able to assist with this issue? I'm thinking I may not have the correct options setup for meshing a geometry such as this.
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I should point out that I am not very experienced with finite element analysis, as this is my first attempt at using software such as gmsh and elmer.
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Thank you for your time!<br clear="all">
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Regards, <br>
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