[Gmsh] Extract/highlight geometry edges

[billy at dem.uminho.pt]

Hi,

Gmsh is a great tool!
I tried it and it is a cool plugin! I use plugin "skin" and then "extract edges". 

Thanks,

Billy.

Quoting Christophe Geuzaine <cag32 at case.edu>:

> Christophe Geuzaine wrote:
> > billy at dem.uminho.pt wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Is there a way to extract edges from a mesh? This because I want to 
> >> include the
> >> edges of the geometry in the post-processing view but the lines used to
> >> construct the geometry look too confusing (to build the geometry I 
> >> need more
> >> lines than just the edges).
> > 
> > You could save the surface mesh as an STL file (File->Save as->STL) and 
> > reload it: this will detect the edges. (You can change the STL options 
> > and use 'Update edges' in the mesh menu to refine the angle threshold.)
> > 
> 
> Actually, this gave me an idea: I've just added a very simple plugin 
> that extracts the edges from a (surface) post-processing view. If you're 
> interested, you can give it a try: it will be available in tomorrow's 
> nightly cvs source snapshot (Plugin(ExtractEdges)).
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Christophe
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> >> Billy.
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> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Christophe Geuzaine
> Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Mathematics
> http://www.case.edu/artsci/math/geuzaine
> 
>