[Gmsh] Problem meshing imported STEP file

[Christophe Geuzaine]

> On 28 Apr 2020, at 12:20, Michael Enders <Michael.Enders at icfo.eu> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I would like to mesh a .STEP file (a picture is attached). But just running 
> 
> Merge "part.STEP";
> Mesh 3;
> 
> gives me the following errors:
> 
> Error   : No tetrahedra in region 1
> Info    : 3D refinement terminated (274 nodes total):
> Info    :  - 0 Delaunay cavities modified for star shapeness
> Info    :  - 0 nodes could not be inserted
> Info    :  - 0 tetrahedra created in 0.000178 sec. (0 tets/s)
> Error   : No elements in volume 1 
> 
> I tried to define new volumes and I managed to mesh some parts of the object, but I was never able to mesh everything. Do you have some ideas what I could do?
> 

Can you send the .step file ?

Christophe

> Thanks,
> Michael
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