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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Matthias,<br>
      <br>
      thank you for your help!<br>
      I think I successfully deleted all the triangles with zero
      surface. Unfortunately the same error still appears (but at least
      with much less intersections). You find my new .msh file in the
      appendix. Do you have more ideas?<br>
      <br>
      Regards,<br>
      Steffen<br>
      <br>
      Am 17.03.2014 11:37, schrieb Zenker, Dr. Matthias:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi
            Steffen,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-US">I think you have ill-defined triangles in your
            mesh. For example, there is a triangle 15328 which contains
            the nodes 7358, 7359, and 7360. But these nodes are aligned,
            so the triangle has zero surface. I would suspect this kind
            of problem to be the cause for the failure. I discovered
            that by examining your mesh after merging the intersect.pos,
            and by displaying node labels and surface labels in gmsh. I
            saw that this triangle was not visible, just its label, and
            searched for “15328” in your msh file to see what nodes it
            contains.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-US">You should make sure that this kind of thing
            cannot happen when you define the surface mesh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-US">HTH,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-US">Matthias<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Von:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
                  Steffen Becker [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:steffenbecker87@yahoo.de">mailto:steffenbecker87@yahoo.de</a>]
                  <br>
                  <b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 17. März 2014 11:20<br>
                  <b>An:</b> Zenker, Dr. Matthias<br>
                  <b>Cc:</b> Roman Fratczak; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gmsh@geuz.org">gmsh@geuz.org</a><br>
                  <b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Gmsh] Error : Self intersecting
                  surface mesh, computing intersections (this could take
                  a while)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Here it is.<br>
              <br>
              Am 17.03.2014 11:14, schrieb Zenker, Dr. Matthias:<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi
                Steffen,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                lang="EN-US">I found out: Outlook is wrong.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                lang="EN-US">I just discovered a small info saying that
                Outlook thinks that my_file.msh is insecure and that it
                has deleted the attachment (Grrrr). So the fault was on
                my side, sorry. Could you try to send it again with a
                changed extension, e.g. rename it to my_file.msh.txt?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                lang="EN-US">Matthias</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Von:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
                      Steffen Becker [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:steffenbecker87@yahoo.de">mailto:steffenbecker87@yahoo.de</a>]
                      <br>
                      <b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 17. März 2014 10:55<br>
                      <b>An:</b> Zenker, Dr. Matthias<br>
                      <b>Cc:</b> Roman Fratczak; <a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:gmsh@geuz.org">gmsh@geuz.org</a><br>
                      <b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Gmsh] Error : Self
                      intersecting surface mesh, computing intersections
                      (this could take a while)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Hi Matthias,<br>
                  <br>
                  I don't know what's wrong here.<br>
                  When I check my mails, there is a .msh file in the
                  mail from 12.03.2014 18:21 and also one in the mail
                  from 14.03.2014 12:33.<br>
                  Finally, I sent you again a .msh file in this mail. Do
                  you receive it?<br>
                  <br>
                  Steffen<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  Am 17.03.2014 09:52, schrieb Zenker, Dr. Matthias:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                    lang="EN-US">Hi Steffen,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                    lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                    lang="EN-US">in the mail you mention there is only a
                    geo file…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                    lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                    lang="EN-US">Matthias</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                    lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Von:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
                          Steffen Becker [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:steffenbecker87@yahoo.de">mailto:steffenbecker87@yahoo.de</a>]
                          <br>
                          <b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 14. März 2014 21:09<br>
                          <b>An:</b> Zenker, Dr. Matthias<br>
                          <b>Cc:</b> Roman Fratczak; <a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:gmsh@geuz.org">gmsh@geuz.org</a><br>
                          <b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Gmsh] Error : Self
                          intersecting surface mesh, computing
                          intersections (this could take a while)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">Hi Matthias,<br>
                      <br>
                      hm, I sent it on 12.03.2014 18:21, don't know what
                      went wrong.<br>
                      As you see, I created a ASCII .msh file as
                      explained in the documentation, so I hope it's
                      correct.<br>
                      What can I do now?<br>
                      <br>
                      Steffen<br>
                      <br>
                      Am 14.03.2014 13:05, schrieb Zenker, Dr. Matthias:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi
                        Steffen,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                        lang="EN-US">there was no msh file in any of
                        your mails.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                        lang="EN-US">Depending on what is in the msh
                        file, your steps seem correct to me.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                        lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                        lang="EN-US">Matthias</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Von:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
                              Steffen Becker [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="mailto:steffenbecker87@yahoo.de">mailto:steffenbecker87@yahoo.de</a>]
                              <br>
                              <b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 14. März 2014
                              12:33<br>
                              <b>An:</b> Zenker, Dr. Matthias<br>
                              <b>Cc:</b> Roman Fratczak; <a
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="mailto:gmsh@geuz.org">gmsh@geuz.org</a><br>
                              <b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Gmsh] Error : Self
                              intersecting surface mesh, computing
                              intersections (this could take a while)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">Hi Matthias,<br>
                          <br>
                          I think you are talking about your mail from
                          12.03.2014 09:59 ?<br>
                          In one of my last mails I already sent you a
                          selfcreated .msh file - but the 3D mesh still
                          failes. The intersect.pos shows me some
                          <o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">intersections,
                            but when I check my nodes for duplicates I
                            can't find any.<br>
                          </span>Hope my steps are correct:<br>
                          - create "my_file.msh" with my python script
                          and check it for nodes duplications -> none
                          found<br>
                          - open "my_file.geo" in Gmsh<br>
                          - do "Modules" -> "Mesh" -> "3D"<br>
                          - receive error message<br>
                          - merge "intersect.pos" and see some
                          intersections but I don't know why because the
                          are no duplicated nodes<br>
                          <br>
                          Steffen<br>
                          <br>
                          <br>
                          Am 14.03.2014 09:50, schrieb Zenker, Dr.
                          Matthias:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                            lang="EN-US">Hi Steffen,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                            lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                            lang="EN-US">you should be able to generate
                            a filled volume mesh if you follow my
                            suggestion from the other mail:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                            lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                            lang="EN-US">Write  the 2D mesh in gmsh
                            format (e.g. as outerface.msh, gmsh
                            documentation for more info on the msh
                            format) and merge that one instead of the
                            myfile.ply2 file, leaving the other command
                            lines in your .geo file as they are. If you
                            then do a 3D mesh, gmsh will take the 2D
                            mesh as defined in your file. You can then
                            refine the mesh if you wish.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                            lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                            lang="EN-US">HTH,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                            lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                            lang="EN-US">Matthias</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                            lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Von:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
                                  Steffen Becker [<a
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="mailto:steffenbecker87@yahoo.de">mailto:steffenbecker87@yahoo.de</a>]
                                  <br>
                                  <b>Gesendet:</b> Mittwoch, 12. März
                                  2014 20:00<br>
                                  <b>An:</b> Roman Fratczak<br>
                                  <b>Cc:</b> Zenker, Dr. Matthias; <a
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="mailto:gmsh@geuz.org">gmsh@geuz.org</a><br>
                                  <b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Gmsh] Error :
                                  Self intersecting surface mesh,
                                  computing intersections (this could
                                  take a while)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<br>
                              <br>
                              I'm so sorry for all time you spent with
                              my problem, but now I see: We talk at
                              cross. It's my fault, I didn't explained
                              correctly what I need.<br>
                              I want to receive a *filled* volume mesh.<br>
                              I created 2 files (steffen.stl and
                              steffen2.stl) with my python script.<br>
                              With steffen.stl I successfully could
                              create such a filled volume mesh as seen
                              in steffen.msh.<br>
                              When I try exactly the same with
                              steffen2.stl then I get the error message
                              in the subject (and the surface mesh
                              doesn't get filled).<br>
                              So that's why the .iges file you sent me
                              isn't what I need.<br>
                              <br>
                              Sorry for all this confusion,<br>
                              Steffen<br>
                              <br>
                              <br>
                              Am 12.03.2014 18:53, schrieb Roman
                              Fratczak:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal">Steffen,<br>
                                <br>
                                I did a volume based on your surface
                                mesh - see attached IGES (compressed
                                with 7-zip).<br>
                                After reading it into GMSH, you can
                                create the 1D, then 2D and finally 3D
                                mesh with no errors.<br>
                                <br>
                                You can do the same using GMSH volume
                                definition (as already wrote)-> it
                                will work, as the fundamental faces are
                                plane triangles.<br>
                                <br>
                                Regards<br>
                                Roman<br>
                                <br>
                                <br>
                                W dniu 12.03.2014 18:27, Steffen Becker
                                pisze:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal">Wrong .geo file,
                                  sorry!<br>
                                  <br>
                                  Am 12.03.2014 18:21, schrieb Steffen
                                  Becker:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal">Thank you so far,<br>
                                    <br>
                                    I create both files: .msh and .geo,
                                    but I still get the same error.
                                    What's my mistake?<br>
                                    <br>
                                    Steffen<br>
                                    <br>
                                    Am 12.03.2014 11:48, schrieb Roman
                                    Fratczak:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<br>
                                      <br>
                                      FYI - you can remove double
                                      vertices/edges (or repair) in mesh
                                      in FreeCad (for exampe).<br>
                                      <br>
                                      regards<br>
                                      Roman<br>
                                      <br>
                                      <br>
                                      <br>
                                      W dniu 12.03.2014 10:17, Steffen
                                      Becker pisze:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal">Hi Matthias
                                        & Roman,<br>
                                        <br>
                                        I create a nodes- and
                                        elements-list like this:<br>
                                        # nodes:<br>
                                        N1 0,0,0<br>
                                        N2 0,1,0<br>
                                        N3 1,0,0<br>
                                        N4 0,0,1<br>
                                        # elements, which describe
                                        triangles:<br>
                                        E1 1,2,3<br>
                                        E2 2,3,4<br>
                                        <br>
                                        So I do have double edges (here:
                                        between node 2+3). Didn't now
                                        that this is a problem for gmsh,
                                        sorry.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        I will try Romans solution asap
                                        and give you a feedback.<br>
                                        Thank you both!<br>
                                        <br>
                                        Steffen<br>
                                        <br>
                                        <br>
                                        Am 12.03.2014 09:59, schrieb
                                        Zenker, Dr. Matthias:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi
                                          Steffen,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                                          lang="EN-US">I am not totally
                                          sure from what you wrote that
                                          there are really no duplicated
                                          nodes. In gmsh, you need to
                                          define the surfaces in a way
                                          that neighbouring
                                          surfaces/facets with a common
                                          border use the _<i>same</i>_
                                          nodes to define the border. I
                                          could not see from your file
                                          if there are duplicated nodes,
                                          and would propose that you
                                          make sure that there are
                                          really no such duplications.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                                          lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                                          lang="EN-US">If the meshing
                                          still fails, then this is a
                                          question for the real gurus
                                          (Christophe?).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                                          lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                                          lang="EN-US">HTH,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                                          lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                                          lang="EN-US">Matthias</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
                                          lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                          lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"
                                                  lang="EN-US">Von:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"
                                                lang="EN-US"> Roman
                                                Fratczak [<a
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:fratczakroman@o2.pl">mailto:fratczakroman@o2.pl</a>]
                                                <br>
                                              </span><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Gesendet:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
                                                Mittwoch, 12. März 2014
                                                09:51<br>
                                                <b>An:</b> Steffen
                                                Becker<br>
                                                <b>Cc:</b> <a
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gmsh@geuz.org">gmsh@geuz.org</a><br>
                                                <b>Betreff:</b> Re:
                                                [Gmsh] Error : Self
                                                intersecting surface
                                                mesh, computing
                                                intersections (this
                                                could take a while)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                          <p class="MsoNormal">Hi
                                            Steffen,<br>
                                            <br>
                                            No it is more clear. If you
                                            are working with cloud of
                                            point, then you may use
                                            Meshlab for surface
                                            regeneration. There are many
                                            software that are able to
                                            handle in a resonable way
                                            the cloud of points (like
                                            rhino3D + resurf, other).
                                            But these are rather
                                            commercial.<br>
                                            <br>
                                            From the other side - try to
                                            do the simplest thing:<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Adjust your python script
                                            for surface creation in
                                            order to save not as PLY but
                                            as GMSH "geo" file using
                                            points and lines<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Point(1)={0,0,0} ;<br>
                                            Point(2)={0,1,0} ;<br>
                                            ...<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Line(1) = {1,2};<br>
                                            ..<br>
                                            and.. Line Loop &
                                            Surface -> Volume ..<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Then you will get a volume
                                            defined by geometric
                                            entities. In this case is
                                            shoul be easier to create a
                                            better mesh on surface and
                                            then on whole volume.<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Regards<br>
                                            Roman<br>
                                            <br>
                                            <br>
                                             <br>
                                            W dniu 11.03.2014 17:59,
                                            Steffen Becker pisze:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<br>
                                              <br>
                                              @ Roman:<br>
                                              some more details:<br>
                                              I have a point cloud given
                                              and generate the surface
                                              mesh by myself (with
                                              python). I don't know a
                                              good algorithm to create a
                                              volume mesh out of this
                                              surface mesh - that's why
                                              I use gmsh for this task.<br>
                                              I also checked my surface
                                              mesh for double vertexes
                                              but I didn't find any.
                                              What do you mean with
                                              "double egdes"? Isn't
                                              there always a "double
                                              edge", because two
                                              neighbour facets always
                                              have one same edge?!<br>
                                              <br>
                                              I will send you a .step or
                                              .iges file as soon as I
                                              figured out how to handle
                                              the "No OpenCASCADE model
                                              found" error.<br>
                                              <br>
                                              I'm appending the other
                                              mailing history (with
                                              Matthias) to this mail -
                                              sorry for that "double
                                              mailing", I just forgot
                                              one time to "reply to all"
                                              -.-<br>
                                              Anyone else has an idea
                                              why the meshing fails?<br>
                                              <br>
                                              Regards and thank you a
                                              lot,<br>
                                              Steffen<br>
                                              <br>
                                              <br>
                                              <br>
                                              <br>
                                              <br>
                                              <br>
                                              <br>
                                              <br>
                                              <o:p></o:p></p>
                                            <pre>Hi Steffen,<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>I don't see either why the meshing fails, sorry.<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>Matthias<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>Von: Steffen Becker [<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:steffenbecker87@yahoo.de">mailto:steffenbecker87@yahoo.de</a>]<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. März 2014 14:42<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>An: Zenker, Dr. Matthias<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>Cc: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:gmsh@geuz.org">gmsh@geuz.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>Betreff: Re: [Gmsh] Error : Self intersecting surface mesh, computing<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>intersections (this could take a while)<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>Oh I'm really sorry, here is the file.<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>In addition I sent you also the intersect.pos. I don't understand why exactly<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>these surfaces are problematic and the "neighbour surfaces"<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>aren't - although they have the same geometry =/<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>Am 11.03.2014 12:07, schrieb Zenker, Dr. Matthias:<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>Hi Steffen,<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>if you don't provide the myfile.ply2, we cannot see your geometry...<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre> You can visualize intersect.pos by merging it to your geometry.<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>HTH,<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre>Matthias<o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
                                            <p class="MsoNormal">Am
                                              11.03.2014 14:33, schrieb
                                              Roman Fratczak:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<br>
                                                <br>
                                                It is possible, that you
                                                will get your geometry
                                                in other format? <br>
                                                In your "ply" there is
                                                already a surface mesh
                                                given. Try maybe use
                                                STEP, IGES,...  as
                                                input- then it is easer
                                                to recalculate the
                                                surface mesh.<br>
                                                <br>
                                                In case of need of usage
                                                of "a dead mesh" - maybe
                                                try first to remesh it
                                                (i.e. in blender with
                                                modification Remesh)
                                                and/or clean it
                                                (removing double
                                                vertexes and edges).<br>
                                                <br>
                                                regards<br>
                                                Roman<br>
                                                <br>
                                                <br>
                                                <br>
                                                <br>
                                                W dniu 11.03.2014 12:13,
                                                Steffen Becker pisze:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  in the appendix you
                                                  find my model.<br>
                                                  Thanks for  help!!<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  Regards,<br>
                                                  Steffen<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  Am 11.03.2014 11:47,
                                                  schrieb Roman
                                                  Fratczak:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal">Hello
                                                    Steffen,<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    Yes. You can try to
                                                    the first Optimize
                                                    quality of tetra, or
                                                    all of them (just
                                                    try).<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    I don't know how
                                                    your model looks
                                                    like. If the
                                                    elements on the
                                                    surface are too big,
                                                    then the solid
                                                    elements (probably
                                                    tetragonal) may be
                                                    with intersecting
                                                    edges or faces.
                                                    Therefore the
                                                    reducing size of
                                                    element may help
                                                    (especially on the
                                                    surfaces).<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    Or- just share your
                                                    model (ply) -in
                                                    order to be more
                                                    precise.<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    regards<br>
                                                    Roman<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    W dniu 10.03.2014
                                                    18:06, Steffen
                                                    Becker pisze:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal">Hi
                                                      Roman,<br>
                                                      when you say
                                                      "enable option:
                                                      optimize", you
                                                      mean" Tools ->
                                                      Options -> Mesh
                                                      -> Advanced
                                                      -> Optimize
                                                      quality of
                                                      tetrahedra,
                                                      Optimize quality
                                                      of tetrahedra with
                                                      Netgen, Optimize
                                                      high order meshes
                                                      (experimental)" ?<br>
                                                      And why is
                                                      reducing element
                                                      size important? In
                                                      my case it is
                                                      important that the
                                                      object has such
                                                      "90 degree
                                                      corners".<br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      Regards,<br>
                                                      Steffen<br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      Am 10.03.2014
                                                      16:55, schrieb
                                                      Roman Fratczak:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                        class="MsoNormal">Hi
                                                        Steffen,<br>
                                                        <br>
                                                        If your volume
                                                        is OK (is really
                                                        a closed one) -
                                                        try to:<br>
                                                        <br>
                                                        1. Reduce
                                                        element size
                                                        (especially in a
                                                        curved shapes)<br>
                                                        2. Enable option
                                                        "Optimize" - in
                                                        mesh options <br>
                                                        <br>
                                                        Regards<br>
                                                        Roman<br>
                                                        <br>
                                                        <br>
                                                        <br>
                                                        W dniu
                                                        10.03.2014
                                                        16:41, Steffen
                                                        Becker pisze:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                        class="MsoNormal">Hello
                                                        everyone, <br>
                                                        <br>
                                                        I'm a gmsh
                                                        beginner and I
                                                        want to create a
                                                        3D volume mesh
                                                        out of a given
                                                        surface-mesh but
                                                        I got the error
                                                        message as seen
                                                        in the subject.
                                                        You find my .geo
                                                        file in the
                                                        appendix.
                                                        <br>
                                                        Can anyone tell
                                                        me what I have
                                                        to do to create
                                                        a 3D mesh? I
                                                        even can't
                                                        figure out where
                                                        the intersection
                                                        are located
                                                        (don't know how
                                                        to read the
                                                        intersect.pos).
                                                        <br>
                                                        Sorry for my
                                                        poor english. <br>
                                                        <br>
                                                        Regards, <br>
                                                        Steffen <br>
                                                        <br>
                                                        <br>
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                                        ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH<br>
                                        Firmensitz: 72072 Tuebingen<br>
                                        Geschaeftsfuehrer: Christian O.
                                        Erbe, Reiner Thede<br>
                                        Registergericht: Stuttgart HRB
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                          ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH<br>
                          Firmensitz: 72072 Tuebingen<br>
                          Geschaeftsfuehrer: Christian O. Erbe, Reiner
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                          Registergericht: Stuttgart HRB 380137<o:p></o:p></p>
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                      Firmensitz: 72072 Tuebingen<br>
                      Geschaeftsfuehrer: Christian O. Erbe, Reiner Thede<br>
                      Registergericht: Stuttgart HRB 380137<o:p></o:p></p>
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                  Firmensitz: 72072 Tuebingen<br>
                  Geschaeftsfuehrer: Christian O. Erbe, Reiner Thede<br>
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              Firmensitz: 72072 Tuebingen<br>
              Geschaeftsfuehrer: Christian O. Erbe, Reiner Thede<br>
              Registergericht: Stuttgart HRB 380137<o:p></o:p></p>
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