Hello Markus

The material ids can be collapsed into one  value. So, the raw geometry can
be represented as: x y z material. Then, a completely random example -- for
a 3x2x2 -- would look like:

   0 0 0 1

1 0 0 1

2 0 0 1

3 0 0 2

0 1 0 2

1 1 0 2

2 1 0 2

3 1 0 3

0 2 0 3

1 2 0 3

2 2 0 1

3 2 0 2

0 0 1 2

1 0 1 1

2 0 1 1

3 0 1 3

0 1 1 3

1 1 1 4

2 1 1 4

3 1 1 4

0 2 1 4

1 2 1 1

2 2 1 3

3 2 1 3

0 0 2 2

1 0 2 2

2 0 2 4

3 0 2 4

0 1 2 1

1 1 2 1

2 1 2 1

3 1 2 2

0 2 2 2

1 2 2 2

2 2 2 2

3 2 2 3


When I generate an STL file from the actual data (not the one above), it
seems like the coordinate system's changed. So, although I get a nice mesh
using the STL file as input to a mesh generator, it's unusable without a lot
of mathematical gymnastics.


Many thanks,


Ted



On 28 November 2010 06:59, Markus Bürg <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Hello Ted,
>
> unfortunately I do not know a proper way but using an external mesh
> generator for creating such big grids. Anyway, could you explain the link
> between grid orientation and materials a bit more? Perhabs we can find a
> workaround for that.
>
> Best Regards,
> Markus
>
>
>
> Am 27.11.10 22:47, schrieb Ted Kord:
>
> Hi
>
>  I have a geometry represented as a list of coordinates and material ids
> like so: (x y z material1 material2 material3). The max. dimensions are:
> 500x370x450 for a total of 83 250 000 points. I'll probably have to read in
> a reduced/coarse version and then refine as required.
>
>  I'd like to explicitly read this into a triangulation. Is there a way to
> do this?
>
>  I've tried mesh generation but, a) the input file is large, about 3 GB
> and b) the coordinates and the geometry's orientation become transformed,
> and consequently destroy the mapping between coordinates and materials.
>
>  Many thanks,
>
>  Ted
>
>
>
>
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