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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">I am using Gmsh v.2.14.0 under windows, and I have a couple of problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">This is the first one: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> 
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">I open an existing .geo file;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> 
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Using the GUI I edit the .geo file, and I add at the end the two lines:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Coherence;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Merge "brick.stp";<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> 
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Now, if I reload the .geo the geometry of brick.stp is ok, but the first lines and surfaces that were defined in the original .geo are lost, see attached "before.jpg" and "after.jpg" pictures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">On the other hand, if I merge brick.stp using gmsh menu instead of editing the geo file, the result is
<u>correct</u>, but if I then close Gmsh I don’t find the merge command in the .geo file (for the same reason, if I reload the .geo file after the merge operation, merging is lost and brick.stp is not there!).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Where is the problem? Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Alessandro<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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