Element Count = 0 for volume block

Coreform Cubit Meshing
#1

Dear All,

I am constructing a model for SPECFEM3D. I have a geometrical model (attached .cub) where the volume block is giving me ‘Element Count=0’ in its properties. The model is made from intersection of sphere and brick. I am using ‘cubit2specfem3d.py’ script (also attached) for exporting which gives be this result:

CUBIT> #### Export to SESAME format using cubit2specfem3d.py of GEOCUBIT
CUBIT>
CUBIT>
CUBIT>
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1 elastic 1 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) HEX8 HEX8 QUAD4
2 face_topo (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) QUAD4 HEX8 QUAD4
3 face_abs_xmin (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) QUAD4 HEX8 QUAD4
4 face_abs_ymin (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) QUAD4 HEX8 QUAD4
5 face_abs_xmax (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) QUAD4 HEX8 QUAD4
6 face_abs_ymax (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) QUAD4 HEX8 QUAD4
7 face_abs_bottom (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) QUAD4 HEX8 QUAD4
Preserving undo information…done
Journaled Command: compress

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Writing MESH/mesh_file…
number of elements: 0
Ok
Writing MESH/materials_file…
Ok
Writing MESH/nodes_coords_file…
number of nodes: 1325
Ok
Writing MESH/nummaterial_velocity_file…
#material properties:
(2, 1, 2800.0, 1500.0, 2300.0, 9000.0, 0.0)
Ok
Writing MESH/free_surface_file…
block name: face_topo id: 2
number of faces = 0
Ok
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face_abs_xmin 3
Writing MESH/absorbing_surface_file_xmin…
number of faces = 0
face_abs_ymin 4
Writing MESH/absorbing_surface_file_ymin…
number of faces = 0
face_abs_xmax 5
Writing MESH/absorbing_surface_file_xmax…
number of faces = 0
face_abs_ymax 6
Writing MESH/absorbing_surface_file_ymax…
number of faces = 0
face_abs_bottom 7
Writing MESH/absorbing_surface_file_bottom…
number of faces = 0
Ok
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Ok
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CUBIT>
CUBIT> # all files needed by SCOTCH are now in directory MESH

I do not understand why is so many ‘zeros’ coming? What should I do? Thanks in advance.

Best Wishes
Khan

#2

It looks like the problem is that there are no 3D hex elements; there is no volume mesh, only a surface mesh.

You could consider meshing it like this:

open ‘mesh.cub’
delete mesh
vol 1 scheme sweep source surface 6 7 target surface 1
surf 7 scheme pave
mesh volume 1

Now when you export the mesh, it won’t complain about zero elements in the block.