[Gmsh] how to create a simple 3D model

irkpb.khazana at mac.com irkpb.khazana at mac.com
Fri May 11 23:04:39 CEST 2007


Hi Prof. Christophe Geuzaine,


Thanks very much it is now working just fine.


Best Regards


Mr Rasul

On 11 May 2007, at 21:58, Christophe Geuzaine wrote:

> irkpb.khazana at mac.com wrote:
>> Dear Prof. Christophe Geuzaine,
>> Thanks for your email.
>> We are able to generate the mesh within Gmsh, however when it is  
>> exported to other applications such as Impact FEA or GID 7.2 the  
>> mesh does not appear.
>> It states "No elements found". (.msh file format)
>> We have saved in the various formats but the Gmsh meshes do not  
>> appear as meshes, it always states of Gmsh that there is "No Mesh"  
>> or "No Elements"
>
> I see that a "Physical Surface" is defined in cone.geo, but no  
> "Physical Volume". So if you only save the physical entities (which  
> is the default behaviour), then indeed you will only get surface  
> elements in the file.
>
> To change this you can remove the "Physical Surface" command in  
> cone.geo, or add a "Physical Volume" definition, or just select  
> "Save all (discard physicals)" in the save dialog.
>
>
>
>> Thanks.
>> Best Regards
>> Mr Rasul
>> On 9 May 2007, at 08:30, Christophe Geuzaine wrote:
>>> irkpb.khazana at mac.com wrote:
>>>> Dear GMSH,
>>>> I have had a look at gmsh.
>>>> It has a tutorial on how to create a simple 2D model.
>>>> But you have no tutorial on how to create a simple 3D model ?
>>>> Is there such a tutorial ?
>>>
>>> tutorial/t2.geo
>>>
>>>> Say for example a cone ?
>>>> There does coma a dmo / example of a cone, but doe not seem to  
>>>> work,  cannot  create a 3d volume mesh of it unlike the sphere  
>>>> which you can.
>>>
>>>
>>> demos/cone.geo works fine over here... What error do you get?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Best Regards
>>>> Mr Rasul
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>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Prof. Christophe Geuzaine
>>> University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
>>> http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~geuzaine
>
>
> -- 
> Prof. Christophe Geuzaine
> University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
> http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~geuzaine