Well If I start with a circle give it a radius pad it.
- set the diameter
set the pad
run fem on it as a 3d object I get a error
.0: We are going to start ...
0.1: Start Gmsh ...
2.7: Gmsh had warnings ...
2.7: Error : Self intersecting surface mesh, computing intersections (this could take a while) Error : Could not open file 'intersect.pos' Warning : Volume 1 consists of no elements Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : OCC Project Point on Surface FAIL Warning : Surface mesh: worst distortion = -0.735409 (avg = 0.776081, 18 elements with jac.
2.7: Gmsh done!

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