[Gmsh] About Scaling

[David Colignon]

Hi,

can you send us your test .geo file and explain which meshing algorithm you use for 2D and 3D ?

Cheers,

Dave

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Cécile Giorla wrote:
> Hi !
> I have noticed that GMSH doesn't have the same comportment if I want to 
> mesh a big domain or a small one. I have created a domain to mesh, and I 
> scaled it up and down (scaling the dimensions of the box AND the 
> characteristic lengths).
> For a box (40,20,3) (Scale factor = 1) I obtain about 202 000 elements,
> SCALING UP : scale factor 3 -> 423 000, scale factor 4 -> 1 033 000
> SCALING DOWN : scale factor 0.1 -> 253 000, scale factor 0.01-> 252 000, 
> scale factor 0.001-> 253 000
> 
> Why does it become so big when I have big dimensions?
> 
> Thank you very much.
> Cecile Giorla.
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