<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.E-MailFormatvorlage17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 2.0cm 70.85pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Gmsh Developers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I have been using gmsh as preprocessor for my lecture together with the solver calculix (which uses basically Abaqus Syntax) for some years. It is very helpful that it is possible to define names of physical groups, now. However, when using Point Physical Groups they will be output as “*ELSET,ELSET=Name” in the Abaqus Format. I would suggest to write them as “*NSET, NSET=Name” instead since they are rather node than an element groups. There is another thing that confuses my students frequently. When defining Transfinite quantities there is no graphical feed-back about the processed entities and particularly on the number of seed points on the line. So they forget some lines or surfaces in the definition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thank you for your good free preprocessor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Best regards and greetings from Germany,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Andreas Ruf<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>E-Mail: <a href="mailto:andreas.ruf@gmx.de"><span style='color:blue'>andreas.ruf@gmx.de</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>