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Old   November 3, 2020, 23:34
Default Locally refining mesh over cylinder in Gmsh
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I want to mesh a cylinder in Gmsh with a finer mesh at a particular circular location along its height. I have succeeded partially with the code below:

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SetFactory("OpenCASCADE");

//Create a circle
Circle(1) = {0, 0, 6, 1, 0, 2*Pi};
Curve Loop(1) = {1};
Plane Surface(1) = {1};

//Extrude into a cylinder 4 units along Z-direction and 6 units along -Z direction
Extrude {0, 0, 4} {
Surface{1};
}

Extrude {0, 0, -6} {
Surface{1};
}

//Convert Circle 1 into transfinite line so that a fine mesh can be obtained in its vicinity
Transfinite Line{1}=100;

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The mesh is coming out fine (when I do a 2D or 3D mesh) except at the location where the generator of the extruded cylinder intersects the circle (here the mesh is coarse). Any ideas on how to overcome the problem and obtain a uniformly fine mesh at Circle(1)?
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Old   November 5, 2020, 13:55
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At the moment, you are only defining the cell size along the line. You should also define the cell size elsewhere. For instance, define the cell sizes at the points:
Characteristic Length {1} = 0.1;
Characteristic Length {2, 3} = 1;
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Old   November 6, 2020, 01:02
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Your solution worked Thanks a lot.

But what do points 1,2,3 correspond to? Are they the three points at which cylinder's generator-line intersects the three circles?
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Old   November 6, 2020, 01:40
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You are welcome. If you visually look at the geometry, it contains only 3 points. The points are the start/end points of each circle.
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