[Gmsh] Step files and mesh size

[Geordie McBain]

2012/9/18 Alessandro Vicini <a.vicini at alta-space.com>:
>
> Dear all,
>
> when I generate a geometry inside Gmsh I control the mesh size through the
> reference length assigned at each point.
> If I import the geometry from a step files, is there a way to:
>
> 1) assign a general value for the reference length;

I use the "-clscale" command line argument for setting the general
value for the reference length when merging geometry from a STEP file.

  http://geuz.org/gmsh/doc/texinfo/gmsh.html#index-g_t_002dclscale-float-36

> 2) assign a value of the reference length to the points in the step file
> geometry?

I'm not sure about this one, but there are still the general
techniques for specifying mesh element sizes.

  http://geuz.org/gmsh/doc/texinfo/gmsh.html#Specifying-mesh-element-sizes


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