<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 href="mailto:artemiev.mikhail@gmail.com" target="_blank">artemiev.mikhail@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    Hi Thomas,<br>
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    If you share that example of a scalpel with Compound Surfaces that
    you defined, I can try and show what can be done.<br>
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    Best,<br>
    Mikhail<div><div class="h5"><br>
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    <div>On 03/17/2015 09:18 AM, Thomas
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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>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:43 AM,
          Mikhail Artemyev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:artemiev.mikhail@gmail.com" target="_blank">artemiev.mikhail@gmail.com</a>></span>
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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 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>
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              <div class="gmail_extra">Best,<br>
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              <div class="gmail_extra">Mikhail<br>
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                <div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Thu, Mar 12,
                    2015 at 10:05 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gmsh-request@ace20.montefiore.ulg.ac.be" target="_blank">gmsh-request@ace20.montefiore.ulg.ac.be</a>></span>
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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>
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                        On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 9:51 AM, David Bernstein
                        <<br>
                        <a href="mailto:David.Bernstein@meliorinnovations.com" target="_blank">David.Bernstein@meliorinnovations.com</a>>
                        wrote:<br>
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                      >  Hi Thomas, I?m sorry but I don?t understand
                      your problem.  It would be
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                          > helpful if you could post a small
                          example.<br>
                          ><br>
                          >  Dave<br>
                          ><br>
                          >   On Mar 10, 2015, at 10:14 AM, Thomas
                          Bernhardt <<a 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 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 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>
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