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 > > _______________________________________________ > gmsh mailing list > gmsh@geuz.org > http://www.geuz.org/mailman/listinfo/gmsh -- Prof. Christophe Geuzaine University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~geuzaine _______________________________________________ gmsh mailing list gmsh@geuz.org http://www.geuz.org/mailman/listinfo/gmsh