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    Please, have a look at the tutorial 13
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://geuz.org/gmsh/doc/texinfo/gmsh.html#t13_002egeo">http://geuz.org/gmsh/doc/texinfo/gmsh.html#t13_002egeo</a><br>
    I think it describes exactly what you want to achieve.<br>
    <br>
    Best,<br>
    Mikhail<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/17/2015 10:44 AM, Thomas
      Bernhardt wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">This works if I want the mesh to be as small as the
        smaller of the meshes across the surface but what if the mesh is
        too small and I want it to be the size of the larger?
        <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
          <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 9:22 AM,
            Mikhail Artemyev <span dir="ltr"><<a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:artemiev.mikhail@gmail.com" target="_blank">artemiev.mikhail@gmail.com</a>></span>
            wrote:<br>
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              <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Here is a quick and
                dirty solution:<br>
                <br>
                // --- scalpel2.geo ---<br>
                Merge "scalpel2.step";<br>
                Mesh.CharacteristicLengthMax = 2;<br>
                Mesh.Algorithm = 1; // MeshAdapt<br>
                <br>
                The picture of the mesh I got is attached.<br>
                <br>
                Best,<br>
                Mikhail
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                    <br>
                    <br>
                    <div>On 03/17/2015 09:54 AM, Thomas Bernhardt wrote:<br>
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                      <div dir="ltr">The original scalpel is present in
                        the .step file and in the .geo file I have
                        defined one compound surface. My goal is to be
                        able to have a uniform mesh throughout that
                        compound surface.  The end goal is to have a
                        process for making uniform meshes across
                        surfaces that are one surface but divided on a
                        CAD model.  Thanks for your help.</div>
                      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                        <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at
                          8:46 AM, Mikhail Artemyev <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                              href="mailto:artemiev.mikhail@gmail.com"
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                          wrote:<br>
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                            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Hi
                              Thomas,<br>
                              <br>
                              If you share that example of a scalpel
                              with Compound Surfaces that you defined, I
                              can try and show what can be done.<br>
                              <br>
                              Best,<br>
                              Mikhail
                              <div>
                                <div><br>
                                  <br>
                                  <br>
                                  <div>On 03/17/2015 09:18 AM, Thomas
                                    Bernhardt wrote:<br>
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                                    <div dir="ltr">Can you give me an
                                      example of how I can change the
                                      mesh sizes in practice? Where do I
                                      change that option?</div>
                                    <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                                      <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu,
                                        Mar 12, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Mikhail
                                        Artemyev <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                                            href="mailto:artemiev.mikhail@gmail.com"
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                                        wrote:<br>
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                                            <div class="gmail_extra">Hi
                                              Thomas,<br>
                                              <br>
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                                            <div class="gmail_extra">I
                                              would suggest to play with
                                              the size of the mesh
                                              cells. There are several
                                              ways: <a
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href="http://geuz.org/gmsh/doc/texinfo/gmsh.html#Specifying-mesh-element-sizes"
                                                target="_blank">http://geuz.org/gmsh/doc/texinfo/gmsh.html#Specifying-mesh-element-sizes</a><br>
                                              <br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div class="gmail_extra">Best,<br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div class="gmail_extra">Mikhail<br>
                                              <br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                                              <br>
                                              <div class="gmail_quote"><span>On
                                                  Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at
                                                  10:05 AM, <span
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                                                  wrote:<br>
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                                                    style="overflow:hidden"><span>Hello,<br>
                                                      In this picture
                                                      the top is the
                                                      original mesh of
                                                      the scalpel. In
                                                      the bottom<br>
                                                      I defined some
                                                      compound surfaces.
                                                      The mesh changed
                                                      but the problem is
                                                      that<br>
                                                      even in the one
                                                      compound surface
                                                      the mesh goes from
                                                      point to point and
                                                      is<br>
                                                      smaller in the
                                                      areas where there
                                                      used to be a
                                                      smaller surface. I
                                                      would like<br>
                                                      to be able to have
                                                      a uniform mesh
                                                      across surfaces. 
                                                      Does this make the<br>
                                                      problem clear? 
                                                      Thanks for your
                                                      help.<br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      On Wed, Mar 11,
                                                      2015 at 9:51 AM,
                                                      David Bernstein
                                                      <<br>
                                                      <a
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href="mailto:David.Bernstein@meliorinnovations.com" target="_blank">David.Bernstein@meliorinnovations.com</a>>


                                                      wrote:<br>
                                                      <br>
                                                    </span> >  Hi
                                                    Thomas, I?m sorry
                                                    but I don?t
                                                    understand your
                                                    problem.  It would
                                                    be
                                                    <div>
                                                      <div><br>
                                                        > helpful if
                                                        you could post a
                                                        small example.<br>
                                                        ><br>
                                                        >  Dave<br>
                                                        ><br>
                                                        >   On Mar
                                                        10, 2015, at
                                                        10:14 AM, Thomas
                                                        Bernhardt <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:tzbernhardt@gmail.com"
                                                          target="_blank">tzbernhardt@gmail.com</a>><br>
                                                        > wrote:<br>
                                                        ><br>
                                                        >  I am
                                                        finding that I
                                                        can define a
                                                        compound surface
                                                        and instead of a
                                                        bunch<br>
                                                        > of separate
                                                        meshes it treats
                                                        it as one mesh
                                                        but the points
                                                        from the<br>
                                                        > original
                                                        surface
                                                        divisions
                                                        remain.  So the
                                                        problem is that
                                                        the mesh is<br>
                                                        > defined
                                                        based on points.
                                                        The one mesh is
                                                        the same as the
                                                        original broken
                                                        up<br>
                                                        > meshes. The
                                                        mesh will still
                                                        be smaller on
                                                        the part of the
                                                        compound surface<br>
                                                        > that used
                                                        to be a smaller
                                                        surface because
                                                        points are
                                                        closer together.
                                                        Any<br>
                                                        > fix for
                                                        this? Thanks for
                                                        your help!<br>
                                                        ><br>
                                                        >  Thomas
                                                        Bernhardt<br>
                                                        ><br>
                                                        > On Tue, Mar
                                                        10, 2015 at
                                                        10:23 AM, David
                                                        Bernstein <<br>
                                                        > <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
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                                                        wrote:<br>
                                                        ><br>
                                                        >> Hi
                                                        Thomas, Take a
                                                        look at the
                                                        Compound
                                                        Line/Surface/Volume
                                                        entities in<br>
                                                        >> Gmsh. 
                                                        These will
                                                        probably do what
                                                        you want.<br>
                                                        >><br>
                                                        >>
                                                        Regards,<br>
                                                        >> Dave<br>
                                                        >><br>
                                                        >><br>
                                                        >> > On
                                                        Mar 10, 2015, at
                                                        7:42 AM, Thomas
                                                        Bernhardt <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:tzbernhardt@gmail.com"
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                                                        >> wrote:<br>
                                                        >> ><br>
                                                        >> >
                                                        Hello,<br>
                                                        >> > I
                                                        am trying to
                                                        create a mesh in
                                                        gmsh of a model
                                                        that I have
                                                        imported.<br>
                                                        >> The
                                                        problem that I
                                                        find is that
                                                        every line in
                                                        the model
                                                        divides the
                                                        mesh.<br>
                                                        >> Is
                                                        there a way to
                                                        mesh the whole
                                                        surface as one
                                                        body ignoring
                                                        the lines<br>
                                                        >> that
                                                        divide parts.
                                                        For example on a
                                                        simple aircraft
                                                        model there will
                                                        be a<br>
                                                        >> line
                                                        dividing the
                                                        metal surface
                                                        from the glass
                                                        of the cockpit.
                                                        However,<br>
                                                        >> when
                                                        defining a mesh
                                                        I want to ignore
                                                        this division
                                                        and treat it as
                                                        one<br>
                                                        >> single
                                                        surface. Thanks
                                                        for any help you
                                                        can provide.<br>
                                                        >> ><br>
                                                        >> >
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