[Gmsh] GMSH: Configure other Solvers & Custom Filters (Corrected)
Christophe Geuzaine
cag32 at case.edu
Wed Mar 22 02:16:02 CET 2006
ks3597 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just happened to see this wonderful software and intend using it with
> (Calculix) ccx. However, I do not know how to do this.
>
> 1. I read on Google searches that gmsh can interface with several
> solvers and that one can configure it in the startup files (.gmsh-options
> or .gmshrc?) or something like that. Does somebody have an sample
> configuration file for this novice to use as a starting point? These
First read section 6 in the FAQ. Then download the source code: there
are examples of C++, C, Python and Perl solvers in the utils/solvers
directory.
> two files exist in my home directory but upon examining them I found no
> reference to ".gmshsock" which appears in the "Options -> Solver ->
> General" menu. This leads me to believe I do not know what I am doing!
>
> 2. It appears that "gmsh" can send output to a file using a "Custom
> Filter" (thus possibly output other formats) for which I could not find
> any info by Googling for several hours. Can somebody help me as to how
> "Custom Filters" can be created, crafted or defined?
No, "Custum Filter" just defines a filter for selecting the filenames
(it's a default thing in the FLTK file chooser).
If you want to create a new output format, you'll have to modify the
source code.
Take care,
Christophe
>
> Thanks a lot
> JMB
>
> (Corrected: ".gmshook" to ".gmshsock" )
>
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Christophe Geuzaine
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