[Gmsh] Is it possible to build a surface from a deformed mesh?

[Jean-François Remacle]

> Le 8 mai 2020 à 17:02, Rosicley Júnio Rodrigues Rosa <rosicley at usp.br> a écrit :
> 
> Dear Gmsh developer,
> 
> I'm working with crack propagation and I would like to know if it is possible to build a surface from a deformed mesh. My initial idea is to write a .msh file with the deformed mesh (basically with the new coordinates of the nodes). Then I open this .msh in Gmsh to insert a new crack line. For this, I need to create a surface according to the deformed mesh. However, I really don't know if it is possible to create a surface from the elements 1D or 2D. It would be better if I wrote the .msh with only the boundary elements (elements 1D) due to the computational cost.
> 

We can indeed remiss triangulated surfaces : see tuturial gmsh/tutorial/t12.geo

> Thank you in advance,
> Best regards,
> 
> Rosicley Júnio Rodrigues Rosa
> 
> 
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