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    Here is a quick and dirty solution:<br>
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    // --- scalpel2.geo ---<br>
    Merge "scalpel2.step";<br>
    Mesh.CharacteristicLengthMax = 2;<br>
    Mesh.Algorithm = 1; // MeshAdapt<br>
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    The picture of the mesh I got is attached.<br>
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    Best,<br>
    Mikhail<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">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
              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"> 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
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                <div class="h5"><br>
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                  <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
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
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                            <div class="gmail_extra">Hi Thomas,<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"
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                            <div class="gmail_extra">Best,<br>
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                            <div class="gmail_extra">Mikhail<br>
                              <br>
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                            <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
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                              <div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Thu, Mar
                                  12, 2015 at 10:05 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                                  <div 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 moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        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"
href="mailto:David.Bernstein@meliorinnovations.com" target="_blank">David.Bernstein@meliorinnovations.com</a>>

                                        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"
                                          target="_blank">tzbernhardt@gmail.com</a>><br>
                                        >> 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>
                                        >> > Thomas Bernhardt<br>
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