[CIG-LONG] Defining irregular three-dimensional shapes

Walter Landry walter at geodynamics.org
Thu Jan 19 12:52:24 PST 2012


Matty Mookerjee <matty.mookerjee at sonoma.edu> wrote:
> Walter et al.,
> 
> I have just got the SurfaceAdaptor working so that I have a more
> complicated fault surface geometry.  Now I want to define the
> deforming wedge that will be in contact with this fault surface.
> Can I define a shape as being all the space below a given surface
> down to the boundary of the model (defined by the SurfaceAdaptor)?
> If not, do you have any suggestion for how to define that shape such
> that it will be flush with the asperity (which is made of six
> panels) and the dipping fault surface?

You can define a shape that is taller than the SurfaceAdaptor height.
Gale will only create material under the SurfaceAdaptor height.

Cheers,
Walter Landry


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