On 18 Dec 2012, at 16:18, Matthias Sedlmaier <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Gmsh developers!
>
> In my CAD system it is possible to name the faces of the model. This names
> appear also in the exported step file. I think this is also true for other
> CAD systems.
> For example:
> One face of a cube is named 'support' and if you open the step file in a text
> editor you can find the line:
> #800=ADVANCED_FACE('support',(#790),#450,.T.);
> Now it would be great if after importing in GMSH these named faces would be
> appear as physical surfaces.
> Especially for non-interactive mesh generationwith constraints, this would be
> advantageous. Do you think it is possible to implement such a function?
>
It would indeed be very useful. We use OpenCASCADE for STEP import - can you
check in the OpenCASCADE docs if they store this info somewhere?
Christophe
> Kind regards and merry Christmas
> Matthias
>
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