[Gmsh] where can I control Mesh characteristic Length Factor in GUI??

Geordie McBain gdmcbain at freeshell.org
Wed Oct 7 08:26:33 CEST 2009


On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:22 PM, 정상엽 <sychung at yonsei.ac.kr> wrote:
> Gmsh tutorial file 't3.geo' and other said that
>
> User can control the element size by fitting the 'Mesh characteristc Length
> factor'.
>
> But i can find that key. is it 'element size factor' in option??
>
> I already control the element size factor to the geometry that i use, but
> nothing changed though this.
>
> Please let me know where i should looking for.

Yes you're right, `Element size factor' under
Tools/Options/Mesh/General is the same as
Mesh.CharacteristicLenghtFactor in a .opt file, as you can see by
varying it in the GUI and then File/Save Options and inspecting the
resulting options file (e.g. untitled.geo.opt).