[Gmsh] local mesh refinement

Geordie McBain gdmcbain at freeshell.org
Mon Apr 12 01:26:00 CEST 2010


2010/4/9  <fuzengliang435 at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
> Thanks for your advice. when the input file is *.geo, I can refine the mesh
> locally by defining the a field. However, if the input file is *.stl or
> *.msh, the mesh can't be refined locally with the method.
> If the input file is *.stl, how to refine the mesh locally?

Sorry, I don't know, I haven't tried this, so I'm returning your
question to the list.

>         2010-04-09
>
>         fuzengliang435 at gmail.com
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> 发件人:Geordie McBain
> 发送日期:2010-04-09 08:25
> 收件人:orientation f
> 抄送:gmsh at geuz.org
> 主题: Re: [Gmsh] local mesh refinement
> 2010/4/3 orientation f <fuzengliang435 at gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>> To improve the simulation accuracy, I want to refine the meshes in regions
>> of interest. Does the gmsh provides this kind of function?
>
> Yes. Set the `characteristic length' smaller where you want better
> resolution:
>
> http://geuz.org/gmsh/doc/texinfo/gmsh.html#Characteristic-lengths
> .
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