Hi Felix,

Yes a ruled surface that is not flat.

I did what you explained. Recombine + 1 st order

But Gmsh gives non-flat quadrangular mesh elements since the four points of an 
element are not in a same plane. All the elements are composed of two triangles 
with different normals (see attached file).

Is Gmsh is able to do what I want?

or Do I need a trick to get quadrangular mesh with flat faces? I though 
transform my ruled curved surfaces into multiple plane surfaces approximating 
my real geometry but it might not be so simple.



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De : Felix Salazar <[email protected]>
Envoyé : jeudi 7 juillet 2016 20:13:38
À : Julien ERCOLANELLI
Cc : [email protected]
Objet : Re: [Gmsh] Quadrangular mesh with flat faces from ruled surface


You mean a ruled surface that isn't flat itself?

Recombine the mesh for that surface to get the quads. And pay attention to 
specify 1st order elements in the mesh options. If you want structured quads, 
check the documentation and the tutorials to get the transfinite lines and 
surfaces.

You should get a non-planar surface with flat first order elements.

Hope this helps

On Jul 7, 2016 7:32 AM, "Julien ERCOLANELLI" 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
 wrote:

Dear Gmsh users,


I am working with ruled surfaces and at the end I would like to get a 
quadrangular mesh with only flat faces.

Is there a way to mesh a ruled surface with flat quadrangular faces?


Thanks,


Julien




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