[Gmsh] Line / edge / curve direction - how to change it to use Progression properly (transfinite curve)

[triimaran]

Hello everyone,

is there any way to change all selected lines/curves to have the same
direction?
I want to make a structured mesh for a simple room with a rectangular
heater inside and rectangular inlet and outlet on different walls. All
geometry lines I have are either parallel or perpendicular. All I need is
to choose some parallel lines in one view and set the progression so that
the mesh will be finer near a wall. Unfortunately lines from both imported
or created geometries tend to have quite random directions. I know that I
can change in geo file particular lines in Transfinite Curve function by
writing minuses ("-") before chosen curves (e.g. Transfinite Curve {1, -3,
-4, 6}), but this solution is ok just for geometries with not too many
lines. It is even more troublesome and unreasonably time consuming when
imported geometries have a lot (usualy x4) duplicated lines. And here comes
my second, minor problem:

Coherence function does nothing in this case. When I import STEP file there
is even no way to delete any part of the geometry. When importing IGES the
Delete option works, but lines are also duplicated and to delete them I
would have to delete first all volumes and surfaces, then create them
again, which is also too time consuming for a bit more complex geometries.
Although, I guess, if all chosen lines could have direction changed as
mentioned above, then duplicated lines should not be a problem, because I
could use "Coherence Mesh" at the end of meshing (which seems to work
properly).
Edit: when trying it now Delete function does not work also for the .iges
imported geometry. I have no idea what has changed.

Please find attached geometries (I used only .step and .iges because
exporting to .brep was always filling it with a lot of triangles). These
geometries are just for an example (made in Fusion 360, I was trying hard
to use FreeCAD but failed to use slicing functions to make it possible to
export). In the .geo file I used the Transfinite Curve for one set of lines
to make the problem more clear (mesh 1 and then 2D).
In the attached pictures there is how my final geometries will look like
(made in Gambit - I am trying not to use it further also because of the
same problem: no way to change the lines' directions and after one meshing
they all become random, so to change something I would have to delete
everything and start all over).

This is my first time writing here so please forgive me in case some of
these problems are obvious to solve.

Best regards
J.

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