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[Luca Antiga <luca.antiga@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi guys, thanks for the prompt reply.
In fact, I was referring to curved elements (sorry for not being 100%
clear), but nevertheless
I found the Poisson example very informative. A really nice way to go.
So, if I understand correctly, implementing curved tets would be on the same
level as implementing
bricks. Am I right?

Luca

On 12/16/05, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Right.
>
> /Anders
>
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 09:49:25AM -0600, Robert C Kirby wrote:
>
> > No -- I think higher order geometry is what is meant - curved elements.
> >  We don't do those.
> >
> > On Dec 16, 2005, at 9:47 AM, Anders Logg wrote:
> >
> > >As Garth points out, we don't support prisms (yet).
> > >
> > >For higher order elements, take a look at the example in
> > >
> > >    src/demo/fem/convergence/
> > >
> > >which solves Poisson's equation in 2D and 3D with order ranging
> > >from q = 1 to q = 5.
> > >
> > >The only thing you need to change to do higher order elements is a
> > >number
> > >(and then recompile with FFC).
> > >
> > >/Anders
> > >
> > >
> > >On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 10:45:07AM +0100, Luca Antiga wrote:
> > >>Dear Dolfin developers,
> > >>  I've looked into Dolfin today and it's a really impressive piece of
> > >>software.
> > >>Congratulations for your work.
> > >>Just a curiosity: how hard it would be to code different element
> > >>types (e.g.
> > >>quadratic tetrahedra or prisms) into Dolfin?
> > >>Thanks a lot
> > >>
> > >>Luca
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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