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## [Restarting with an irregular mesh (ascii file)](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/restarting-with-an-irregular-mesh-ascii-file/299)

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**Author:** [@heronphi](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/heronphi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/restarting-with-an-irregular-mesh-ascii-file/299 "2019-05-01T08:49:59Z")

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Hi all, We are running a model where we take a subset of a large 3D model, rotate it, and restart it. We can do this fairly easily from a time = 0 model with no mesh refinement criterion other than depth dependent setti…