[Gmsh] gmsh-announce Digest, Vol 37, Issue 1

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Zenker, Dr. Matthias wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> reading section 3 of the paper mentioned below, I have the impression
> that gmsh can directly read CAD models (e.g from SolidWorks or CATIA).
> Is this possible, or did I misunderstand?

Hi Matthias - It is possible, but the only CAD kernel for which we can 
legally distribute the interface is OpenCascade. When you link with 
OpenCascade you can then load native OpenCascade files (".brep").

The license for e.g. SolidWorks prevents us from distributing the 
interface...


> The documentation speaks only about STEP, IGES and such.
> 
> Matthias
> 
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>>    1. New Gmsh release: 2.3.0 (Christophe Geuzaine)
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>> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:19:06 +0100
>> From: Christophe Geuzaine <cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be>
>> Subject: [Gmsh-announce] New Gmsh release: 2.3.0
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>> New in 2.3.0: major graphics and GUI code refactoring; new 
>> full-quad/hexa subdivision algorithm (removed 
>> Mesh.RecombineAlgo); improved automatic transfinite corner 
>> selection (now also for volumes); improved visibility 
>> browser; new automatic adaptive visualization for high-order 
>> simplices; modified arrow size, clipping planes and transform 
>> options; many improvements and bug fixes all over the place.
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>> Downloads, mailing lists, etc.: http://geuz.org/gmsh/
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>> PS: The "Gmsh paper" has been accepted for publication (the 
>> preprint is available here: 
>> http://geuz.org/gmsh/gmsh_paper_preprint.pdf). For now, you 
>> can cite it as
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>> ``C. Geuzaine and J.-F. Remacle. Gmsh: a three-dimensional 
>> finite element mesh generator with built-in pre- and 
>> post-processing facilities. International Journal for 
>> Numerical Methods in Engineering, Accepted for publication, 2009''
>>
>> We will update the reference on the web site with volume and 
>> page information as soon as the article is actually published.
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Prof. Christophe Geuzaine
University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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