<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 7 Feb 2018, at 09:07, Jacob Abdelfatah Ndioubnane <<a href="mailto:jacoban90@outlook.es" class="">jacoban90@outlook.es</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Is thiis would be related to the normals of the surfaces?. I noticed that the normals is oriented outward. So i tried to invert the normals but i cannt find a way to do this.</div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>This works fine here:</div><div><br class=""></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">SetFactory("OpenCASCADE");</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">Merge "Inlet.brep";</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">Merge "Walls.brep";</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">Merge "Outlet.brep";</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">BooleanFragments{ Surface{:}; Delete; }{ }</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">Surface Loop(1) = {1, 5, 2, 3, 6, 4};</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">Volume(1) = {1};</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">When the orientation of surfaces is inconsistent open cascade will by default automatically reorient the surfaces; unless you set Geomtry.OCCAutoFix = 0.</div></div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I attach a figure below.</div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Best Regards</div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Jacob<span id="cid:image002.png@01D39FEA.A3D5FC70"><02951EDB824840E597D871724BDD93AD.png></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Enviado desde<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Correo</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>para Windows 10</div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: none; padding: 0cm;" class=""><b class="">De:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:jacoban90@outlook.es" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Jacob Abdelfatah Ndioubnane</a><br class=""><b class="">Enviado:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>martes, 6 de febrero de 2018 22:36<br class=""><b class="">Para:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:cgeuzaine@ulg.ac.be" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Christophe Geuzaine</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gmsh@onelab.info" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">gmsh@onelab.info</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gmsh-owner@onelab.info" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">gmsh-owner@onelab.info</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gmsh-request@ace20.montefiore.ulg.ac.be" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">gmsh-request@ace20.montefiore.ulg.ac.be</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gdmcbain@protonmail.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">G. D. McBain</a><br class=""><b class="">Asunto:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Boolean Fragments. Créate 3d mesh from surfaces. Surface Loop creates aditional surfaces</div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hi gmsh users:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I’m trying to créate a 3d mesh of a cube from a merged 3d surfaces to apply physical groups easily. I applied the booleanFragments operator, and it removes the aditional edges and vértices. However, when I créate a Surface loop, automatically generates aditional surfaces(when i go to tools;vissibility;tree appears 12 surfaces) it creates a , and the volume is referenced to the dupplicate surfaces. Im able to créate both 2d and 3d meses, but when i export into freefem as .mesh or .msh is not loaded correctly. Is there any way to solve this problem. I attach the .geo script below and also the .brep surfaces and the generated .mesh and .msh meses.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class="">// Gmsh project created on Tue Feb 06 20:13:28 2018<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class="">SetFactory("OpenCASCADE");<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class="">Merge "Inlet.brep";<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class="">Merge "Walls.brep";<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class="">Merge "Outlet.brep";<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class="">s() = Surface "*";<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class="">BooleanFragments{ Surface{s(0)}; Delete; }{ Surface{s({0:#s()-1})}; Delete; }//+<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class="">//+<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class="">Surface Loop(1) = {1, 5, 2, 3, 6, 4};<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class="">Volume(1) = {1};<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Thank you very much in advance.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Best Regards<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Jacob<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Enviado desde<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Correo</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>para Windows 10<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">gmsh mailing list</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; 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