> On 10 Mar 2020, at 19:52, Andress <randalandress1...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hello Christophe, > << > The default surface representation mode is a cross of dashed lines. > > With OpenCASCADE you can have other representations: cf. > Tools->Options->Geometry->Aspect->Surface display. > > To save your preferred options: File->Save options as default. > > Christophe >>> > Thank you for taking the time to help. Just what I was missing. > > I am very new to gmsh, and I have a few questions about the learning aids > that are available: > > 1. Where is the user interface defined besides the reference manual 3.4 & 3.5 > (for example all the windows/tabs accessible from > Tools->Options->Geometry->...) >
There's no formal description: I would encourage you to simply use it and look around to discover the various possibilities. > 2 The video tutorials at http://gmsh.info/screencasts will be very helpful > in learning the UI - it was in attempting to repeat the first one that I got > stumped when my results differed from that of the video. Are there other > screencast tutorials besides the ones collected at > http://gmsh.info/screencasts ? https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gmsh+tutorial > > 3. Are the demos at http://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/tree/master/demos any > help in learning the UI? Do the demos proceed step-by-step or do they > simply execute at once the construction commands that they contain? The repository contains many examples; some were written using the GUI (when you create stuff with the GUI, a .geo file is automatically constructed). But for most complex cases you'll want to learn how to either use the built-in scripting language (.geo files), or the Gmsh API - e.g. in Python or Julia. > > 4. Finally, Are there other forums where I may interact with experienced gmsh > users besides this list? > Most of the technical discussions about features and issues are now happening in the gitlab (https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/issues). At some point I think this could actually replace the mailing list. Christophe > Kind regards, > Randal — Prof. Christophe Geuzaine University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~geuzaine _______________________________________________ gmsh mailing list gmsh@onelab.info http://onelab.info/mailman/listinfo/gmsh