[Gmsh] Element size factor: undocumented option?

[Christophe Geuzaine]

On 16 Oct 2012, at 20:31, Rui Maciel <rui.maciel at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the "Mesh" section of Gmsh's Options window, there is an option which is labeled "element size factor".  In Gmsh's documentation, the only mention of a "size factor" refers to Print.EpsPointSizeFactor, which I suspect has no relation with it.
> 
> The option influences the element size, which comes as no surprise due to its name.  Nevertheless, does anyone happen to know what this option actually does?
> 

Indeed, the option is badly named. The global element size factor can be set with Mesh.CharacteristicLengthFactor.

Christophe


> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Rui Maciel
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