On 16 Oct 2012, at 20:31, Rui Maciel <rui.mac...@gmail.com> wrote:

> In the "Mesh" section of Gmsh's Options window, there is an option which is 
> labeled "element size factor".  In Gmsh's documentation, the only mention of 
> a "size factor" refers to Print.EpsPointSizeFactor, which I suspect has no 
> relation with it.
> 
> The option influences the element size, which comes as no surprise due to its 
> name.  Nevertheless, does anyone happen to know what this option actually 
> does?
> 

Indeed, the option is badly named. The global element size factor can be set 
with Mesh.CharacteristicLengthFactor.

Christophe


> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Rui Maciel
> 
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Prof. Christophe Geuzaine
University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
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