[Gmsh] questions for building 3D meshes

Christophe Geuzaine cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Wed Apr 1 20:46:49 CEST 2009


christophe lengelé wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've got some questions concerning Gmsh (maybe simple since I'm a 
> beginner with this application)
> 
> 1.From this mesh (of points) attached within the mail, I would like to 
> build a 3D mesh.
> How can I define a volume for building it in 3D?
> 
> 2.For some parts of this object, I would like to define different 
> material properties.
> How can I divide this object into different parts?
> 

You'll need a valid input mesh to do all this. The mesh you sent is 
self-intersecting (and contains very poor quality triangles, which gmsh 
will not fix). It would be better to start from the original CAD file.


> Many thanks in advance for your answer.
> 
> Regards
> Christophe Lengelé
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