[Gmsh] Bug?

[Christophe Geuzaine]

> On 10 Apr 2020, at 00:12, Jensen, Aaron J. <Aaron.J.Jensen at leidos.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I believe that there is a bug in the coloring algorithm.  When I import and mesh a step file containing colored faces the resulting mesh cannot be colored by Physical Group.  The mesh is instead colored based on the geometry surface color.
> 

Actually that's the expected behavior in Gmsh - explicit coloring supersedes the other coloring schemes.

As a workaround you can set "Mesh.OCCImportLabels" to 0 before loading the STEP file, which will skip the import of labels and colors.


> Also, I read that 3D boundary layer meshing may be available in GMSH v5.0.  Is that still the plan and if so when do you expect GMSH v5.0 might be released?
> 

Hopefully by the end of 2020.

Christophe



> Thanks for all your hard work on GMSH.  It's a fantastic tool.
> 
> Best,
> Aaron
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