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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hello,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have got a question on how to merge to objects, in my case an arc and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">a line to a single object, so I can use it for structured meshing with hexaeders.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The problem I want to solve is given by the input above. I would like to merge</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">two objects Circle (3) and Line (4) in order to use the resulting X for a </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">structured hexaeder meshing.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How can I do this ?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Rlamp = 5;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Relek = 0.5;</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">// Points</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Point(1) = {0, 0, 0, 1};</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Point(2) = {0, Rlamp, 0, 1.0};</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Point(3) = {Rlamp/2, 0 , 0, 1.0};</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Point(4) = {Rlamp/2+Relek, 0, 0, 1.0};</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Point(5) = {Rlamp/2+Relek, Relek, 0, 1.0};</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Point(6) = {Rlamp, Relek, 0, 1.0};</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">// Lines</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Line (1) = {1,2};</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Line (2) = {1,3};</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Circle (3) = {3, 4, 5} Plane{0, 0, 1};</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Line (4) = {5,6};</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Circle (5) = {2, 1, 6} Plane{0, 0, 1};</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">--> Merge Circle (3) and Line (4) to an object X <-----------</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Line Loop (6) = {-1,2,X,-5}; <-------------- Merged object X needed here</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Plane Surface (10) = {6};</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">// Meshing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Transfinite Line{1,2,X,5} = 10; <-------------- Merged object X needed here</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Elliptic Surface {10} = {1,3,6,2};</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Recombine Surface{10};</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thank you very much !</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Best regards,</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Jürgen Almanstötter</FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">E-mail: j.almanstoetter@osram.de</FONT>
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