Hello all, after going dark for sometime, I ma slowly coming back to dealii! I have made quite a bit of progress with this simulator that I am creating. The UI is now fully fleshed out. There was this crazy dev cycle where it took a long time (that and I was learning a new C++ library)
I am currently working on a method to save my data structures and using the boost::serialization class. But that is besides the point. I am gearing up to create an algorithm to take an arbitrary geometry and create a mesh from it. I am only sticking to 2D! But since this is going to be used by other users, I can guarantee what the geometry is going to look like. All that I know for sure is that the geometry will be strictly 2D. In this geometry, there will be sections that are marked for the mesh resolution. I am currently considering 2 different options. The first would be to simply utilize the code that is available through gmsh and customize this code with what I have for my own data structures. the other option is to use dealii internal functions for creating a mesh. However, going through the FAQ, it is saying that the geometry needs to be simple. More complex geometry would require a mesh generator. Using the internal mesh generation would simplify some aspects of the programming. My question(s) is this: 1) Based on this post, do you think that I should attempt to use dealli internal mesh generation or would it be better to utilize gmsh source code and intergrate it into my code? (As a side note, I am not sure yet if the program is better off using structured or unstructured quads or both! More details later. But, if there is a perfered option when dealing with FEA, please let me know.) 2) In the FAQ when talking about creating the grid manually using the Triangulation::create_triagulation. I am wondering what it means for the geometry to be simple? Is the simple geometry mainly for 3D? Are all 2D geomtries simple? Is there every a case when 2D geometry can be complex? -- The deal.II project is located at http://www.dealii.org/ For mailing list/forum options, see https://groups.google.com/d/forum/dealii?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "deal.II User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dealii+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
