[Gmsh] gmsh as a pre-processor for calculix

Roland Tollenaar rwatollenaar at gmail.com
Wed Nov 19 10:32:04 CET 2008


> 
> 1) use "Optimize" in the mesh menu. You can check the quality in 
> Tools->Statistics->Mesh (Gamma).
I have been looking at this, two points:
The quality plots indicate that many elements (4.5x10^3) have Rho <0.2 
and 2.2x10^3 elements have Rho between 0.2 and 0.5 (graph is horizontal 
in this region, and the the curve drops away hitting zero at rho=0.8.

Lack of experience is prohibitive in allowing me to assess whether this 
is acceptable or not. What does the ideal curve look like?

The both optimize routines still crashe on my model I am afraid.


> 
> 2) maybe your mesh format conversion routine saves the elements with a 
> wrong volume sign (it depends on the convention used...)
Does this have something to do with the "normal" setting? Can this be 
influenced?

Regards,

Roland


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