Hi Dave, Thanks for the prompt reply.
So to STL mesh is determined by whatever created the STL model?. Cheers, Mike. --- On Wed, 7/29/09, David Colignon <[email protected]> wrote: From: David Colignon <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Gmsh] Surface mesh of an STL model To: "Mike B." <[email protected]> Cc: "Gmsh mai. lis." <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 7:38 PM Hi Mike, from: http://www.geuz.org/pipermail/gmsh/2008/003744.html .... Gmsh will not remesh these STL faces, though. It's something we will reintroduce at some point, but the remesher is not ready yet. .... Cheers, Dave -- David Colignon, Ph.D. Collaborateur Logistique du F.R.S.-FNRS CÉCI - Consortium des Équipements 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://hpc.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/ Agenda: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=david.colignon%40gmail.com Mike B. wrote: > Dear All, > > I have an STL model which I load (with the `Merge' command) into Gmsh. The > model is a boundary representation (a shell). > > When meshing this model (and others), the mesh on the surface of the model > seems fixed and unaffected by the characteristic length settings. Any > suggestions how to control this surface mesh (preferably with fields)?. > > Here is a simple script which loads `sph.stl', a sphere shell in saved STL > format: > > Mesh.CharacteristicLengthFromPoints = 0; > Mesh.CharacteristicLengthExtendFromBoundary = 1; > Mesh.CharacteristicLengthFromCurvature = 0; > Mesh.Format = 1; > Mesh.CharacteristicLengthMin = 0.01; > Mesh.CharacteristicLengthMax = 0.05; > Merge "sph.stl"; > Surface Loop( 1 ) = { 1 }; > Mesh 2; > Save "sph.msh"; > > Cheers, > Mike. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > gmsh mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.geuz.org/mailman/listinfo/gmsh
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