Trouble with importing mesh from gmsh (FATAL ERROR: unrecognized tag "ElementData")

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  • aksteele16
    Junior Member
    • Jan 2019
    • 10

    Trouble with importing mesh from gmsh (FATAL ERROR: unrecognized tag "ElementData")

    Hi,

    I created a geometry (curved pipe) in SolidWorks and meshed it in gmsh before importing to preview. After applying BCs and loads in preview, model would not run. Error message I have received is: FATAL ERROR: unrecognized tag "ElementData" (line 3506).

    I have attached FEBio file below. Any help would be much appreciated.

    airwaysolid.feb
  • kdinapo1
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2018
    • 15

    #2
    Hi,

    I'm pretty new to FEBio but I took a look at your file and just before line 3506, Element type var="shell thickness" elem_set="Part1" is all set to 0. I'm not sure that would make a difference or if it was intentional, but it seemed like it could cause an issue maybe. Maybe your shell needs thickness to mesh correctly.

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    • aksteele16
      Junior Member
      • Jan 2019
      • 10

      #3
      Wow thank you! I used the TetGen feature on my mesh (which I've seen talked about in previous posts with the zero-shell thickness issue) and that resolve it.

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      • weiss
        Moderator
        • Nov 2007
        • 124

        #4
        Nice to see users helping users
        Jeffrey A. Weiss
        Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah
        Director, Musculoskeletal Research Laboratories
        jeff.weiss@utah.edu

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