[Gmsh] Problem meshing .STL file from CAD software

[David Colignon]

Hi,

can you send the .stl file and a log of the errors printed by gmsh ?

Cheers,

Dave

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David Gasperino wrote:
> First-off, this software is well designed and quite user-friendly,  
> and I hope I can use if for some time to come to mesh my CAD .stl  
> files.  But, I am having a problem:
> 
> I use Solidworks to generate my project geometries, and export the  
> surfaces as .stl files.  Listed below is my procedure for attempted  
> meshing of these files:
> 
> 1.) open .stl files using GMSH
> 2.) click "remesh" in the Mesh>STL section of the GUI to generate the  
> surface mesh
> 3.) Initiate the 3D mesh
> 
> I then receive an error, using all three different 3D meshers,  
> relating to problems with the surface mesh.  I have a few questions:   
> Is my procedure above correct for meshing an .stl file?  If not, then  
> what is the correct procedure?  It seems like there isn't that much  
> documentation on the .stl import feature, am I missing something?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help-
> 
> David
> 
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