[Gmsh] Possible bug ?

Christophe Geuzaine cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Wed Jan 30 09:35:16 CET 2008


Fabien Treyssede wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I may have encountered a problem with Gmsh 2.0.8
> (my OS: Linux, Ubuntu version):
> is it normal that 2D elements are not all oriented in the same way
> when using the 'Recombine Surface' command

Yes, it's a known bug (also present with the "Delaunay" algorithm).



> without doing 'Transfinite Surface' before ? (*)
> You will find enclosed an example on a disk (note:
> this problem might not systematically occur...).
> 
> Thank you for your response.
> And thank you for developing Gmsh, which is a great efficient
> free tool for generating FE meshes.
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Fabien TREYSSEDE
> 
> (*) when the 'Transfinite Surface' command is used, all the elements
> seem to be satisfyingly oriented.
> 
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