[Gmsh] Re Element sizes and recombination algorithms

jean pierre aubry jeanpierre at lamachine.fr
Tue May 8 13:00:12 CEST 2012


hello

have a look here
http://www.geuz.org/pipermail/gmsh/2012/007047.html
jean pierre aubry

Hi everybody

I would like to ask the as Colin, it is possible to apply some
recombination algorithm WITHOUT adding any point to the interior of
the mesh ? If yes, what options should be set?

Thanks in advance,

Cristobal.

2012/4/11 Colin McAuliffe <cjm2176 at columbia.edu>:
> Hello all,
>
> I have noticed that for all quad meshes, using the default
> recombination algorithm results in at least one node inserted between
> two geometrical points regardless of the specified characteristic
> sizes for the two points. Similarly, the blossom recombination
> algorithm inserts at least three nodes regardless of the specified
> sizes.
>
> Is it possible to change this behavior? It is resulting in
> over-refined meshes.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Colin McAuliffe
> PhD Candidate
> Columbia University
> Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics