Hi Mohamed - Gmsh uses an adaptive scheme to visualize high-order elements: select "Adapt visualization grid" in the view options, and choose the appropriate refinement level.
On 11 Dec 2012, at 07:47, Mohamed Moussa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I am writing an FEA solver for fun (and education) and I am using gmsh > as my post-processor. > > Im trying to visualize my beam elements using a 4-node line element in > gmsh. It seems the displacements for the inner nodes are not being > shown in the post-processing view. > > Below is a very simple MSH file that I wrote to test. The mesh > consists of one 4-node line with no displacements on either end. The > middle two nodes have a displacement of -0.1. However, I cant see any > displacement shape in gmsh. Any ideas? I have set vector display = > 'displacement' in post-processing options so its not that. > > $MeshFormat > 2.2 0 8 > $EndMeshFormat > $Nodes > 4 > 1 0 0 0 > 2 1 0 0 > 3 0.33 0 0 > 4 0.66 0 0 > $EndNodes > $Elements > 1 > 1 26 0 1 2 3 4 > $EndElements > $NodeData > 1 > "Displacement" > 1 > 0.0 > 3 > 0 > 3 > 4 > 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 > 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 > 3 0.0 -0.1 0.0 > 4 0.0 -0.1 0.0 > $EndNodeData > > _______________________________________________ > gmsh mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.geuz.org/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://www.geuz.org/mailman/listinfo/gmsh
