[CIG-SEISMO] SPECFEM3D - "error in computing normal for receivers"

[surendra at caltech.edu]

On Jan 11, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Shahar Barak wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I want to have my stations pinned to the surface of the mesh when running SPECFEM3D.
> To do that I set RECVS_CAN_BE_BURIED_EXT_MESH = .false. in constants.h 
> However, when I run the job with that flag I get the following error:
> 
> error in computing normal for receivers.
> 
> I've tried switching b/w EXT_MESH_RECV_NORMAL = .true. and EXT_MESH_RECV_NORMAL = .false., but I still get the same error.
> My mesh has flat topography. It's is just a homogenous simple brick
> Any ideas what am I doing wrong?


Replace 'locate_receivers.f90 file in src/specfem3D/ with the one attached.  Make sure you rebuild specfem3D.  You shouldn't hit this error anymore.

--Surendra



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