[Gmsh] types of imported files

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Steve Labbé wrote:
> Hi,
>    My name is Steve Labbé. I'm a master student at the University of Sherbrooke,
> in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
>    Actually, we are using Gmsh to pre and post-process simple geometries. For
> our applications, we would like to import more complicated geometries from
> softwares like AutoCAD, Solidwork, SolidEdge or Catia, for example. Is it, or
> will it be, possible to import .dwg, .step, .stl or parasolid files in Gmsh to
> mesh it ?

Hi Steve - We are working on this for Gmsh 2.0 (by integrating the
OpenCascade CAD engine).

I cannot give you any release date yet, but we hope to get a first
"usable" pre-release of Gmsh 2.0 by next spring.


>    Thanks for your quick response !
> Steve
> 


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Christophe Geuzaine
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Mathematics
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