[Gmsh] Element output information doesn't match actual number of elements

[Christophe Geuzaine]

> On 01 Dec 2015, at 18:02, Alex Lindsay <adlinds3 at ncsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm creating a 1-D mesh. When meshing, gmsh outputs this information:
> 
> Info    : Running 'gmsh liquidNew.geo -1' [Gmsh 2.8.3, 1 node, max. 4 threads]
> Info    : Started on Tue Dec  1 11:46:54 2015
> Info    : Reading 'liquidNew.geo'...
> Info    : Done reading 'liquidNew.geo'
> Info    : Meshing 1D...
> Info    : Meshing curve 1 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 2 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 3 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 4 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 5 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 6 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 7 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 8 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 9 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 10 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 11 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 12 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 13 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 14 (Line)
> Info    : Meshing curve 15 (Line)
> Info    : Done meshing 1D (0.087453 s)
> Info    : 1008 vertices 1023 elements
> Info    : Writing 'liquidNew.msh'...
> Info    : Done writing 'liquidNew.msh'
> Info    : Stopped on Tue Dec  1 11:46:54 2015
> However, if I go into the .msh file, there are actually 1007 elements (as there should be). Where does the 1023 number come from? 

You probably only save some of the elements in the mesh file, depending on your "Physical group" definitions.

Christophe


> Have others seen similar disagreements?
> 
> Alex
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