> does current release of deal ii support anisotropic refinments? if no,
> does its connectivity's handler have sufficient flexibility for
> ingetrate this support? and finally, does this feature in the plan of
> future release?
The current subversion archive has this support, and the next release will.
It is publicly available from the download page.
> a technical question: does quad-like (2d) elemnets are basically
> suitable for anisotropic refinement; i.e. is there prefarence between
> selection of quad or triangle elements for problems which needs
> anisotropic grid distribution?
It's easier to align triangles with shocks, for example, but it can also be
done with quads.
W.
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