Questions tagged [mesh-generation]
The generation of a set of interconnected geometric objects that approximate a desired domain or region in euclidean space.
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Meshing inconsistency
New to Gmsh. I am trying to create a very simple mesh that is essentially two cylinders merging into one.
So I added two parallel cylinders first (a bit farther from each other). Then I extruded (...
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Algebraic Grid Generation
I am new to the topic " Algebraic Grid Generation". I want to find a simple example where we solve the host equation, let us say the heat equation, numerically in the computational domain ...
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AMR-Capable meshing software that is not based on quad/octrees
I am looking for AMR/re-meshing software (structured grids would suffice) that is NOT based on quad-octrees, i.e., a fixed refinement rate of 2 but (ideally) something user defined, i.e., ratios of 1....
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Wall refinement of a tetraheadral Complex Geometry using Gmsh without a Geo file
I have an msh file, which is generated from a third party software(Pointwise). The geometry is a complex cylindrical pipe like structure with lot of branches. I need to refine the mesh further only on ...
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Create structured alternate volume mesh in gmsh
I've been trying to create a box mesh in gmsh with a structured and refined layer in the middle, here is the .geo code for it:
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Could you recommend some books on FEM that explain various data-structures in FEM?
I want to understand the data structure of elements, elements around elements, and so on, and various other data structures in FEM, could you please recommend some books?
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Delaunay-based isosurface extraction vs marching cubes
I recently tried the isosurface extraction algorithm provided by the C++ library CGAL. This is new to me. It is based on Delaunay triangulations.
I have some experience with the marching cubes, I ...
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snappyHexMesh not meshing correct region
I created a simple model of cylindrical container to perform heat transfer simulation using FreeCAD for CAD modelling. I exported the model in stl format along with domain boundaries and faces. I have ...
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Gmsh Python: Specify mesh regularity conditons
I am using python API of Gmsh to generate a mesh for a rectangular domain. I am really new at this. My code looks like this,
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Choice of grid generation for FDM discretisation methods
I'm currently revisiting some FDM schemes for convection-diffusion equations in 1D, 2D and 3D and getting up to speed with the industry-standard methods again. The application is derivatives pricing, ...
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Open source implementations of the medial axis transform for vector shapes
Are there any open source implementations of the medial axis transform for vector shapes?
I have searched without finding any useful results. It seems that CGAL library doesn't have it implemented nor ...
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Unreasonably large deviation in calculations of mean curvature in different algorithms
for my work I am currently trying compare the mean curvature of different meshes. I have the following scheme. I have a ground truth mesh and a comparison mesh, which I want to compare it too. I am ...
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Interpolation of 1D solution from an original grid to a new grid
I have a solution of a 1D wave on a grid (tangent hyperbolic variation) and now I want to interpolate the obtained solution to a new grid with the same number of points as the previous grid but the ...
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Node connectivity for regular structured meshes
Consider a regular rectangular 2D $r$-$z$ mesh with constant spacing $\Delta r$ along the $r$-axis with $n$ points and spacing $\Delta z$ along the $z$-axis with $m$ points. I thought it would be a ...
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How to create random, unstructured mesh of surface
I am working on a supersonic boundary element method (https://github.com/usuaero/MachLine). In order to test its sensitivity to the boundary discretization, I'd like to be able to create "random&...
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From 3D to 2D with a STL file
I would like to do a 2D projection from a 3D geometry saved in a stl file and know the distance between the two projected planes. In order to explain better the concept I will start with an almost ...
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CFD in Python: Mesh Generation
I am trying to set up a 3D CFD scheme for thermal and flow modelling in Python using the finite volume method. The first concern is to build the geometry and an accompanying mesh that is efficient for ...
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Which algorithms exist to create a tetrahedral volume mesh from an STL file?
Basically just that. I am trying to write a C++ program that reads in an STL and should compute an unstructured tetrahedral volume mesh based on the surface triangulation given by the STL file.
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Connectivity of octree as grid
What is the algorithm which transforms the octree/quadtree into a grid? i.e, getting the adjacency or connectivity between the cells in order to be able to perform interpolation, gradient,...etc. I am ...
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Is there any reliable free/open source tool for structured mesh smoothing?
I have been using Pointwise for grid generation and found the quality of smoothed grids to be stunning.
I am not aware of any free/open source alteranative that offers the same capabilities for ...
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Convolute a gaussian kernel with a large array of off-grid centroids without looping? (how to make "A Thousand (Gaussian) Points of Light" )
For a finite object size diffraction simulator, I need to generate arrays which are the sum of thousands of instances of a Gaussian (or other) 2D kernel at centroids that will not fall in any ...
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Finite Volume on Cubed Sphere
The US weather model uses an uncommon (?) discretization called 'Finite Volume on Cubed Sphere'.
To avoid the singularities that occur at the poles when using lat/lon discretization, they instead ...
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Mesh aspect ratio issue with adaptive mesh refinement (AMR)
I am working on implementation of AMR for my finite volume code. Let me use a 2-D mesh to describe my question.
Starting with SINGLE initial cell (let the mesh refine level k = 0) as a root of a quad-...
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Parametric surface in 3D
I want to create a mesh for a 3D surface with coordinates defined by a parametric function. Is it possible to define this mesh using Gmsh? If it is not possible, what free software do you recommend me?...
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Renumbering the nodes for quadratic basis functions for a 2D domain
I have a simple triangulation for a 2D domain, described by the connectivity matrix $T$ and by the point matrix $P$.
For didactic purposes, I assembled the stiffness matrix for $-\Delta u = f$ by ...
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Visualize a mesh from list of 3D point and faces
I have a list of vertices and faces. Now, I want to create a mesh using the given points and faces list and visualize it. Also, I want to play with the mesh by adding an extra point on the faces. Can ...
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Open-source Hexahedral meshing tools
I'm looking for an open-source automatic meshing tool or library able to generate full or dominant hexahedral mesh starting from a provided arbitrary model i.e. a surface triangular mesh stored in STL ...
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Meshing surface of a sphere with a subdomain
I am trying to build a triangle mesh of the surface of a sphere which also includes a subdomain defined by a 'polygon'. Here is a successful example (subdomain defined by the red dots):
Note that the ...
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Hi I am trying to model a 2D Lug angle using Gmsh 4.6. How can I combine transfinite quad and regular full quad meshes in the following geo file?
I need transfinite mesh a small section of the bolt hole to insert a crack. However, The transfinite mesh and regular full quad mesh seem being incompatible and throwing errors. How can I combine ...
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For traditional FEM and FVM, why can't we use mesh to represent geometry and use the mesh which represent the geometry to do the computation directly?
Isogeometric analysis [1] has the advantage of integrating geometric and mesh models using NURBS or Spline. At the same time, I would like to ask a question to my friends: for traditional FEM and FVM, ...
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Can the mesh generation methods in FVM and FEM be totally based on the knowledge of the mesh generation theory in computer graphics?
The main references of mesh generation methods in computer graphics (CG) I found are discrete Differential Geometry [1] and a famous book "Polygon Mesh Processing" [2], while the "...
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Flux sign and face normal confusion in finite volume method
I implemented a solver for the 2D steady-state heat equation (without heat generation and homogeneous material) $\nabla. (k\nabla T) = 0$, using finite volume method, however, I am having some ...
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Surface mesh from labeled 3D points
I'm trying to figure out how to create a surface mesh from a set of labeled 3D points. The 3D object could be something like part of a cave system or asteroid where there would be parts of the surface ...
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Partial differential equation FEM application
I have a PDE which looks like Helmholtz wave equation on one dimensional domain.
$$\dfrac{d^2u(x)}{dx^2}+\pi^2u(x)=f(x)$$
where $-\infty <x<\infty $
Also, $f(x)= 1$ for $-0.25<x<0.25$, I ...
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Determining the voxels between two boundary surfaces
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I am working on human brain tACS simulations where I have the models of the skin, skull, csf, brain and ventricles in STL format. The shape does not matter and there are no ...
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Mesh partition quality
I am working on static FE mesh partitioning and in order to achieve a good quality partitioning I want to know how to drecrease interprocessor communication by increasing the connectivity of elements ...
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Why addCylinder function not respecting the given coordinates?
I tried to generate 3 very simple cylinders, each other connected to it end, however the cylinder get connected to an unexistent point in space as the image shows:
It was supposed to each segment be ...
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Gmsh for .inp file
How do I get an .inp file from Gmsh? I need to create a simple geometry and mesh it and define the boundary conditions in Gmsh and export it as an ...
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Creating a mesh around an 1-D line to form a 2-D object
Given the following code, how can I perform a mesh generation around the line, to make a 2D form in GMSH API? Extrude or Mirror ...
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Minimum number of elements (mesh size) for electromagnetic simulation
Does someone have a reference for the minimum number of elements (or maximum mesh size) for electromagnetic simulations where a mathematical or numerical explanation is given?
I have found several ...
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What are the alternatives for ABAQUS in generating an *.inp file from a CAD model
ABAQUS gives a .inp file (in pre-processing stage) where the information with regard to the preprocessed model is defined, information such as geometry, mesh type, number of elements, boundary ...
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Why FVM can handle unstructured meshes while FDM cannot?
How come Finite Volume Method(FVM) handle the unstructured meshes and Finite difference Method cannot, whereas in FVM to approximate the fluxes at the boundary we use the central differencing?
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How to find out the difference between a structured and unstructured mesh using the file containing the mesh information?
I have two different mesh files (both are .inp files obtained from Abaqus) that represent the exact same geometries with the same boundary conditions, etc. The only difference is that one of them is ...
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Filling a volume with generalised polyhedra
Given a volume (say, some polyhedron), I need to fill it with smaller polyhedra, such that the space is filled as much as possible. The constraints and relaxations are:
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Necessary information a topological optimisation solver needs to collect from a pre-processed CAD model
I am developing a solver that gets a CAD model as entry and does the topological optimisation calculation on it. My solver is inspired by the open-source codes presented in the literature.
Since it is ...
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stretch elliptic mesh to fit a circle
I've generated a 2D O-mesh around an airfoil. Unfortunately, the mesh O shape is not a perfect circle as you can see in the figure below (in the figure I plotted only the mesh nodes in blue). The red ...
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Gmsh meshes flat faces incorrectly for cylindrical faces
I have some C++ code that generates meshes from step files and then analyses these meshes for visibility of the faces from different viewing directions. I currently use CGAL but I would like to switch ...
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Is it possible to remesh with gmsh?
I am currently working on remeshers for my simulations (academic purpose) and I try to find a method to remesh previous meshes using Gmsh.
The first mesh (normalMesh.msh) was created using a .geo file ...
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Isosurface extraction when you know the derivatives
I have a complicated equation that defines a shape in 3D, and I would like to generate a surface mesh. The shape is defined by an isosurface, i.e. the function is positive inside the shape and ...
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Duplicate Surface Meshes in different Gmsh files
My objective is to get a conformal surface mesh between two geometries meshed independently in different files.
By example, I can start with a simple cube in one .geo file and mesh this geometry.
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