> On 8 Oct 2019, at 18:40, Luca Verzeroli <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to generate a mesh with second order elements. > > I managed to create this mesh > > <emoieiopeopahiik.png> > > > > <oehigcpkjelabbjm.png> > > generating the external surface and then extruding the mesh inside. > > This is ok using 1st order element. Using 2 order element the following > warnig appears: > > <egikpgdkhghakbhc.png> > > I looked at the mesh and I noticed this > > <cjnogopkfhpoaolh.png> > > instead of > > <clkmoogodjjoopmp.png> > > as using the 1st order. > > That element are prisms. Is there a problem with this kind of element?
No, probably with the underlying parametrization of the 3-sided surfaces defined by transfinite interpolation in the built-in geometry kernel. Switching to the OpenCASCADE kernel should fix this. Christophe > > I'm using Gmsh version 4.4.0 > > -- > Luca Verzeroli > > _______________________________________________ > gmsh mailing list > [email protected] > http://onelab.info/mailman/listinfo/gmsh — Prof. Christophe Geuzaine University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~geuzaine _______________________________________________ gmsh mailing list [email protected] http://onelab.info/mailman/listinfo/gmsh
