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Old   July 29, 2015, 13:29
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Hey guys,

how can I create a refinement rectangle and/or box in three dimensions?

I know that you first have to define a shape, in this case a box, using searchableBox with:
Code:
    refinementBox
    {
        type searchableBox;
        min (-1 -1 -1);
        max ( 5  1  1);
}
...and then set the refinement level in the refinementRegions with the region option mode inside.

Code:
    refinementRegions
    {
        refinementBox
        {
            mode inside;
            levels ((1e15 3));
        }
    }
But this is an example for a two dimensional case...how to do this in 3D?

Thanks in advance

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Old   July 30, 2015, 08:33
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Hello

Did you check via paraFoam if your mesh (without refinements) is well 3D ?
In order to see this you can display "points" instead of "surface" and check if the values are inside your solid and not only on its surface.

if not, I guess that maybe get swiftSnap add-on for blender
and go to refinement regions and thick "refine inside" with
a sufficient value (for example 10m).
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Hello

Did you check via paraFoam if your mesh (without refinements) is well 3D ?
In order to see this you can display "points" instead of "surface" and check if the values are inside your solid and not only on its surface.

if not, I guess that maybe get swiftSnap add-on for blender
and go to refinement regions and thick "refine inside" with
a sufficient value (for example 10m).
Thanks for your replay.
Yes, of course my base mesh is 3D.

But in the meanwhile I figured it out on my own. The min and max values are actually the coordinates in the x, y and z plane. And because of this, it can be handled in 3 dimensions as well
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