[Gmsh] Entity numbering in .geo files

[Christophe Geuzaine]

On 07 Feb 2014, at 13:08, Alessandro Vicini <a.vicini at alta-space.com> wrote:

> OK, thank you, Syncmodel works.
> 
> I have another problem, though. Once I have merged the step file, I need to
> connect its geometry with the other parts. I can see its points (and if I go
> over them with the mouse Gmsh shows me the point number and its
> coordinates), but if I try to generate a simple straight line to o0ne of
> these points the program crashes because it does not "see" the point (in the
> errors file I get "Error   : Unknown control point 254 in Curve 617").
> Is there a way to work this out? Thank you.
> 

Unfortunately not currently, as you can currently not create "hybrid" curves, i.e. curves based on points coming from different CAD packages (in this case OpenCascade and Gmsh). It's on our TODO list...


> Regards,
> 
> Alessandro
> 
> 
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Christophe Geuzaine [mailto:cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be] 
> Inviato: giovedì 6 febbraio 2014 16.48
> A: Alessandro Vicini
> Cc: gmsh at geuz.org Geuzaine
> Oggetto: Re: [Gmsh] Entity numbering in .geo files
> 
> 
> On 06 Feb 2014, at 16:41, Alessandro Vicini <a.vicini at alta-space.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I have a .geo geometry file generated using Gmsh. Now I would like to 
>> add to this geometry a part which is available in step format, using the
> "merge"
>> command. Is there a way to avoid conflicts between the numbering of 
>> the entities already present in the geo file, and those found in the step
> file?
> 
> It will do it automatically; you might have to add "SyncModel;" in the .geo
> file before merging the step.
> 
> Ch.
> 
>> Thank you.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Alessandro
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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