[Gmsh] dxf or other 2D import?
Zenker, Dr. Matthias
Matthias.Zenker at erbe-med.de
Wed Jan 28 13:37:10 CET 2009
Thank you for the info.
Since I have no C/C++ compiler on my system (Windoze XP SP2): Is there a binary available?
Are there plans to incorporate the converter into gmsh?
The link in the description is unfortunately dead.
Matthias
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Colignon [mailto:David.Colignon at ulg.ac.be]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:24 PM
> To: Zenker, Dr. Matthias
> Cc: gmsh at geuz.org
> Subject: Re: [Gmsh] dxf or other 2D import?
>
> Hi Matthias,
>
> we have a very basic dxf to geo converter in
> utils/converters/autocad/dxf2geo.cpp :
>
> ...
> ...
> // This is a simple AutoCAD DXF to Gmsh GEO Data File
> Converter // // It was created from the AutoCAD DXF file to
> DKB data file converter // written and placed in the public
> domain 8/13/90 by Aaron // A. Collins
> (http://www.sdsc.edu/~mjb/mae152/dxf.spec.txt).
> //
> // It parses a limited, but useful, subset of the AutoCAD DXF
> file // format. No effort has been made to handle the
> complete range of // possible DXF opcodes and commands.
> ...
> ...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave
>
>
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> Zenker, Dr. Matthias wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to import 2D data generated as cuts from a 3D model in
> > SolidWorks. One possibility would be to define a cut in
> SolidWorks and
> > export it as dxf (AutoCAD format). But it seems like gmsh
> is not able to
> > read dxf. Is there something I am missing (I just tried
> File->Open in
> > gmsh, it gave me a an error message)? Or what would be the best
> > (quickest) way to get the cut into gmsh? Is there any 2D
> vector format
> > it can read?
> >
> > The way I have done it before is to take a slice instead of a cut,
> > export it to STEP format, import it into gmsh and delete
> manually all
> > volumes, surfaces, lines and points in the 3rd dimension,
> which can be
> > very tedious for complex geometries.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be welcome.
> >
> > BTW, is there a complete list of all formats gmsh can read
> and write? I
> > have not found it in the manual, but I may have overlooked it...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matthias
> >
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