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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m asking for help, as I didn’t find a solution for my problem after trying different work arounds. As nobody seems to reply on similar topics I just try it one more time ;-)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What I want to do:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         
</span></span><![endif]>Import a number of surfaces from a STL file (see the attached File “Facegear.stl”)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         
</span></span><![endif]>Include a number of points in a certain surface number, to be able to change the mesh size (refine the mesh) in the area of those points by adopting the characteristic length of these points<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         
</span></span><![endif]>Creating the surface boundary mesh by remeshing the 2D surface with the included points<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         
</span></span><![endif]>Creating a volume mesh from the surface mesh<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I attached the STL and GEO files I used for meshing as well as the resulting MSH file.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">All comments and any help concerning STL and local mesh refinement are very very appriciated. Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Natanael<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Natanael Lanz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">MSc Masch. Ing. ETH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Technoparkstrasse 1</span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel. +41 44 6325714<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Mob. +41 79 5862958<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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