[MOAB-dev] Setting connectivity for single vertex

[Paul Wilson]

Hello Michael,

On 01/29/2015 05:08 PM, CORTIS M. wrote:
> Hi Iulian,
>
> Yes I am trying to create an element made from single vertex.
> I want to used these for Material Point Method.
>
> So there is a way of creating the vertices, but not adding 
> connectivity to themselves only?
> Or may be another way round?

Perhaps, I'm not fully understanding your questions, but it is certainly 
possible to create vertices in MOAB and then use them directly in your 
analysis.  There is no need to create an element if, in fact, all you 
need are the vertices.  Each vertex can be tagged with data in the same 
way that an element can be.

I hope that is helpful,
Paul

> If not, don't worry about. Will create a vtk writer to do this and 
> hopefully moab can use the vertices.
>
> Any assistance is really appreciated.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>
> On 29 Jan 2015, at 17:24, "Grindeanu, Iulian R." <iulian at mcs.anl.gov 
> <mailto:iulian at mcs.anl.gov>> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> Moab does not have elements with a single vertex. Is this what you 
>> are trying to do?
>> A vertex (node) is represented with an entity handle of type 
>> MBVERTEX, and you can get coordinates for it
>>
>> I am not sure what are you trying to do.
>> Best Regards,
>> Iulian
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:*moab-dev-bounces at mcs.anl.gov 
>> <mailto:moab-dev-bounces at mcs.anl.gov> [moab-dev-bounces at mcs.anl.gov 
>> <mailto:moab-dev-bounces at mcs.anl.gov>] on behalf of CORTIS M. 
>> [michael.cortis at durham.ac.uk <mailto:michael.cortis at durham.ac.uk>]
>> *Sent:*Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:18 AM
>> *To:*moab-dev at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:moab-dev at mcs.anl.gov>
>> *Cc:*Tautges, Timothy J.
>> *Subject:*Re: [MOAB-dev] Setting connectivity for single vertex
>>
>> Thanks Tim,
>>
>> I am still having a problem, may be the guys at Argonne can help with 
>> this.
>>
>> I've tried a simpler one and trying to crete the vertex from point.
>>
>> doublepoints[9]={0.5,0,0};
>> EntityHandle vertex;
>> rval=moab2.create_vertex(points,vertex);CHKERR_PETSC(rval);
>> EntityHandle dummy;
>> rval = moab2.create_element(MBVERTEX,&vertex,1,dummy); 
>> CHKERR_PETSC(rval);
>>
>> But I am getting Error code 2, MB_TYPE_OUT_OF_RANGE !
>> Is it possible to use MBVERTEX here?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> On 29 Jan 2015, at 15:04, Tim Tautges <tautges at mcs.anl.gov 
>> <mailto:tautges at mcs.anl.gov>> wrote:
>>
>>> [cc'ng moab-dev list, since I've left Argonne.]
>>>
>>> dummy is 0, which is an invalid handle, but should be the handle(s) 
>>> of the entities whose connectivity you're setting; I suspect what 
>>> you want there is *vertices.begin().  And you can't set connectivity 
>>> until you make an element, so you need to call create_element, 
>>> probably with the number of verts per element as 1 and the 
>>> connectivity just the single vertex defining the point element.
>>>
>>> - tim
>>>
>>> On 01/29/2015 03:34 AM, CORTIS M. wrote:
>>>> Dear Tim,
>>>>
>>>> I've got the following problem:
>>>>
>>>> I want to create vertex entities, ie create the points and vertex 
>>>> entities using those points.
>>>> So I've create a set of vertices from an array of coordinates.
>>>> And If you try to set the connectivity for every point you get 
>>>> Error code 4 (MB_ENTITY_NOT_FOUND).
>>>>
>>>> This is my code:
>>>>
>>>> double points[6]={1,0,0, 0,1,0, 0,0,1};
>>>> Range vertices;
>>>> rval = moab.create_vertices(points,2,vertices); CHKERR_PETSC(rval);
>>>> EntityHandle dummy=0;
>>>> rval = moab.set_connectivity(dummy,vertexlist,1); 
>>>> CHKERR_PETSC(rval); //Error code 4
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions how to overcome this problem.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>

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