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In Version 11.0, it appears that one cannot plot over a mesh. The following code worked in Version 10.2:

$Version
<< NDSolve`FEM`
reg = Rectangle[];
mesh = ToElementMesh[reg];
Plot3D[x^2 + y^2, Element[{x,y}, mesh]]

11.0.1 for Microsoft Windows (64-bit) (September 20, 2016)

Plot3D::idomdim: {x,y} ∈ mesh does not have a valid dimension as a plotting domain.

Of course I could have used Element[{x,y}, reg] as the plotting domain in this example, but I am working with a complicated mesh built from a BoundaryMesh rather than a region.

Similar behaviour has been observed in (144610) but this was not the question (and it was only an issue for the answerer zhk, who must have been using a different version of Mathematica to the OP).

  • It works like a breeze in version 11.3 for macOS, but I recall that version 11.0.1 was quite buggy when it came to MeshRegion and BoundaryMeshRegion. – Henrik Schumacher Aug 06 '18 at 06:33
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    mesh is an NDSolve`FEM`ElementMesh a different creature entirely, and wasn't completely supported in viz functions in 11.0. But, it works fine in 11.1. you need to convert to a MeshRegion via MeshRegion@mesh, but the results are "interesting" in 11.0. – rcollyer Aug 06 '18 at 15:22

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As noted in the comments above this issue you see was due to a bug in V11.0 Things work fine in Version 11.1 onward. For version 11 you can use something like

Needs["NDSolve`FEM`"]
amesh = ToElementMesh[Disk[]];
MeshRegion[MeshOrderAlteration[amesh, 1]]

To convert a mesh to a first order mesh region.

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