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When a mesh is read through "Read Surface Mesf", some "pseudo-surfaces" are
built inside GiD , in those which actually underlies the mesh. They are
thought for remeshing on them or to obtain a volume mesh.
There is not in IGES an analogous entity to this SurfMesh, therefore is not
written in the exported file. A possible solution for this case is to create
a surface for each element, and to export them as IGES (the number of
surfaces can be huge).

To make this the mesh can be read as such ("Mesh Read"), and to write it as
if they would be surfaces in DXF format (with the attached interface
DXFout,created with didactic end), and after read this DXF file in GiD and
to export it as IGES.

To prove it, must:
1) Decompress the directory DXFout.gid in the \problemtypes subdirectory.
2) Open GiD and choose in the menu Data -Problem type -DXFout.
3) Read the mesh in the menu Files -Import/Export -Mesh Read.
4) Write the DXF file (Files -Import/Export -Write Calculation File)
5) Import this file: (Files -Import/Export -DXF Read)
6) Export the IGES file : (Files -Import/Export -IGES Write)

I hope this will help you. If you have any trouble with this process,
please, send us an e-mail (including the mesh yu are trying to work with).

Best regards.

Enrique Escolano
CIMNE

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Thank you, the patch works very well, I have just some errors in reading
the IGES file, maybe due to incompatibility between
CAO tools.

Best regards

Charles ALIAGA






When a mesh is read through "Read Surface Mesf", some "pseudo-surfaces"
are
built inside GiD , in those which actually underlies the mesh. They are
thought for remeshing on them or to obtain a volume mesh.
There is not in IGES an analogous entity to this SurfMesh, therefore is not
written in the exported file. A possible solution for this case is to
create
a surface for each element, and to export them as IGES (the number of
surfaces can be huge).

To make this the mesh can be read as such ("Mesh Read"), and to write it as
if they would be surfaces in DXF format (with the attached interface
DXFout,created with didactic end), and after read this DXF file in GiD and
to export it as IGES.

To prove it, must:
1) Decompress the directory DXFout.gid in the \problemtypes subdirectory.
2) Open GiD and choose in the menu Data -Problem type -DXFout.
3) Read the mesh in the menu Files -Import/Export -Mesh Read.
4) Write the DXF file (Files -Import/Export -Write Calculation File)
5) Import this file: (Files -Import/Export -DXF Read)
6) Export the IGES file : (Files -Import/Export -IGES Write)

I hope this will help you. If you have any trouble with this process,
please, send us an e-mail (including the mesh yu are trying to work with).

Best regards.

Enrique Escolano
CIMNE







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