[Gmsh] Small question on triangle, tetgen, netgen and others

Christophe Geuzaine cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Thu Jan 18 15:40:02 CET 2007


David Colignon wrote:
> Hi Marc,
> 
> 
> Durufle marc wrote:
>> I read your subject on using triangle and tetgen with
>> gmsh. I am really interested with that. But there is
>> no explanation on the documentation how I can do that.
>> I hear often that in 3-D, we can use the netgen, but I
>> don't know how.
>>
>> For netgen, it is an option like ?? :
>> Mesh.Algorithm = 1;
> 
> Yes
> 
> http://geuz.org/gmsh/doc/texinfo/gmsh-full.html#SEC38
> 
> Mesh.Algorithm
>     2D mesh algorithm (1=isotropic, 2=anisotropic, 3=triangle)
>     Default value: 1
>     Saved in: General.OptionsFileName
> 
> Mesh.Algorithm3D
>     3D mesh algorithm (1=isotropic, 4=netgen, 5=tetgen)
>     Default value: 1
>     Saved in: General.OptionsFileName
> 

or in the graphical user interface, just choose the algorithms in

Tools->Options->Mesh->General


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