[Gmsh] Correct .geo file ... but self-intersections in surfaces for 3D mesh ?!?

David Colignon David.Colignon at ulg.ac.be
Fri Apr 17 08:59:42 CEST 2015


Hi,

at first sight, can you check your geometry (triangles) around points 2804 and 2667 ?

The lines 16488 and 100000063 are also crossing each other. Idem for lines 18341 and 100000064, and there are more of them.

Regards,

Dave

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On 17/04/15 00:13, Sacconi, Andrea wrote:
> Hi GMSH users,
>
> I have a problem with a .geo file (which is attached). The geometry is composed of a parallelepiped without a cylinder. As you can see, the cylinder is represented by small triangular faces, since they are the results of finite element calculations, during which the cylinder moves in time.
> I can read the file without problem, but when I generate the 3D mesh, it keeps telling me that there are self-intersections in the surface mesh ... How come? All the surfaces are enumerated only once.
> Could someone have a look at my file? I would really appreciate it!
>
> Thanks in advance and congratulations for the amazing mesh generator :)
> Andrea
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