SolidWorks to Gmsh to PreView

[NTM]

Hi,

My goal is to perform a simple tensile test on a dog bone (the shape that is used for tensile testing). I have created it in Solidworks and I am able to open it in Gmsh without any issue. I then save it in Gmsh as a .msh file and import it into PreView. When I do this, PreView crashes. I know that PreView is able to open .msh files because I tried it with one of the Gmsh example files and it was able to open it. Am I doing something wrong?

If this isn't the right way, how can I create my own geometry and then import it into PreView in order to perform a tensile test on it. Any software recommendations or steps to answer this question would be very helpful.

Thanks,
NTM

[maas]

Hi,

Can you please attach the file that is given you trouble. If it's too big to upload, you may email it to me at steve dot maas at utah dot edu.

Thanks,

Steve