From 944fe67f700e4d40d3e69b570304e736276e4155 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christophe Geuzaine <cgeuzaine@ulg.ac.be>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:45:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add comment on why File->Visibility does not work well with
 extruded meshes.

---
 doc/FAQ | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ
index cbe01d05d1..8fe3368206 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ
+++ b/doc/FAQ
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-GMSH FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ($Date: 2002-10-24 17:04:45 $)
+GMSH FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ($Date: 2002-11-11 18:45:10 $)
 
 1. GENERAL
 ==========
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ The swapping algorithm is not very clever at the moment. Try to change
 the surface mesh a bit, or recombine your mesh to generate prisms or
 hexahedra.
 
+5.8) File->Visibility does not seem to work with extruded meshes.
+
+This a known problem (due to the fact that numbers are explicitly
+assigned to mesh entities in the extrude commands, which destroys
+the geometry/mesh relationship). The only solution at the moment is
+to save the mesh, and to read it again. 
+
 
 6. SOLVER PROBLEMS
 ==================
-- 
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