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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Matthias,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for clarifying this for
me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I hope the feature you are
developing will be in Gmsh soon. In the meantime, I now know what the problem
is, so I will try to work around it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Serban<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Zenker, Dr.
Matthias [mailto:Dr.Matthias.Zenker@erbe-med.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 10 June 2011 09:47<br>
<b>To:</b> Serban Georgescu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gmsh@geuz.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> AW: [Gmsh] Meshing of compound volumes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Hi Serban,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I don't know what the error message means.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>What I know is that "Cut and merge faces" works only
for planar surfaces, not for curved ones.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I am working on a solution for curved surfaces, but it is not
finished yet.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Matthias</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=DE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
Serban.Georgescu@uk.fujitsu.com [mailto:Serban.Georgescu@uk.fujitsu.com] <br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 10. Juni 2011 10:43<br>
<b>An:</b> Zenker, Dr. Matthias<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gmsh@geuz.org<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> RE: [Gmsh] Meshing of compound volumes</span><span lang=DE
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Matthias,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you for your quick reply. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Meshing worked fine after
selecting the option you specified. However, when I tried the same thing with a
more complex problem (e.g., lots of curved surfaces), I got the following error
while opening the STEP file:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Error: TopOpenBRepBuild
Builder::splitON<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>then I got again intersecting
surfaces errors while meshing. Could the curved boundaries be the cause?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Serban<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Zenker, Dr.
Matthias [mailto:Dr.Matthias.Zenker@erbe-med.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 09 June 2011 11:42<br>
<b>To:</b> Serban Georgescu; gmsh@geuz.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> AW: [Gmsh] Meshing of compound volumes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Hi,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>you can try Options->Geometry->General->"Cut and
merge faces" before meshing. This should work for duplicated planar faces.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>A more general solution is being worked on (by me, actually...).</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>HTH,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Matthias</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=DE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
Serban.Georgescu@uk.fujitsu.com [mailto:Serban.Georgescu@uk.fujitsu.com] <br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Mittwoch, 8. Juni 2011 18:26<br>
<b>An:</b> gmsh@geuz.org<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [Gmsh] Meshing of compound volumes</span><span lang=DE
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have quick question regarding the meshing of
compound volumes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have a simple geometry, basically two cubes stacked
together and sharing one face. If I fuse the blocks, then there is only one
volume and meshing works correctly. However, if I export as a compound volume,
so two volumes sharing one face, Gmsh gives loads of errors. Is there a way to
mesh such compounds in Gmsh?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for your time,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Serban<span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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