[Gmsh] assign physical entities to a mesh

Christophe Geuzaine cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Wed Jun 2 09:10:20 CEST 2010


On 29/05/10 18:49, Umut Tabak wrote:
> Dear all,
> Maybe a bit silly question, is that possible to assign physical entity
> numbers on a mesh exported from a different mesh generator, say in
> Nastran bdf format.

Yes:

* if the mesh already has elementary tags (i.e. different numbers 
associated with e.g. each face, volume, etc.), then you can just Merge 
your mesh in a .geo file and add the physical definitions

* if the mesh is not tagged, use the new "Reclassify" tool in the mesh 
module


> Best,
> Umut
>
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