Hi Ernest, the STL format is only based on triangular facets, it contains no volumic elements...
What about the UNV mesh file format ? Cheers, Dave -- David Colignon, Ph.D. Collaborateur Logistique F.R.S.-FNRS (Equipements de Calcul Intensif) ACE - Applied & Computational Electromagnetics Institut Montefiore B28 Université de Liège 4000 Liège - BELGIQUE Tél: +32 (0)4 366 37 32 Fax: +32 (0)4 366 29 10 WWW: http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/personnel.php?op=detail&id=898 Agenda: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=david.colignon%40gmail.com Ernest Johnson wrote: > Hello! > > I have generated a 3D mesh with Gmsh. If I check the saved 'test.msh' > file, I find these element types: > > |1 (|2-node line) > |2 (|3-node triangle) > |4 (|4-node tetrahedron) > > Next I saved the mesh (File->Save As) in STL format. In the 'test.stl' > file I only find several blocks like > > facet normal 0 -0.780942 -0.624604 > outer loop > vertex -4.06184 1.96854 12.1372 > vertex -4.43697 2.07828 12 > vertex -4.07973 2.07828 12 > endloop > endfacet > > There are no other elements except for facets. Why don't I find any tets > in the stl file? > > In the Mesh module of Gmsh I have chosen '3D' to generate the mesh. I > have also tried 'STL' with no better success. What is the difference? > > If I cannot save the tetrahedral elements in the STL format, is there > another format that I can select, which > 1) saves the complete 3D mesh and which > 2) can be opened in paraview or converted into the '*.vtk' format? > > Thank you > Ernest J. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try > it now. > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > gmsh mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.geuz.org/mailman/listinfo/gmsh _______________________________________________ gmsh mailing list [email protected] http://www.geuz.org/mailman/listinfo/gmsh
