On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 7:22 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> actually you'd have to exchange the cases Wolfgang gave below, see the 
> documentation of GeometryInfo<dim>.
>
> Furthermore, you might also consider the following alternative approach:
> a) Compute the volume/area of the cell by numerical quadrature (using 
> FEValues).
> b) Compute the area/length of the faces of the cell by numerical quadrature 
> (using FEFaceValues).
> c) Obtain an estimate of the length in one direction by dividing the cell 
> volume by the mean value of the area of the two faces that are orthogonal to 
> that direction (faces 0 and 1 for direction x(or 0)).

Thanks a lot to both of you! I'll have a go at both methods today and
see what's easiest -- I'll post again with the result.

Cheers,

-- 
Med venlig hilsen,
  James Avery <[email protected]>
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