[Gmsh] Which file formats can be read by gmsh?

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Zenker, Dr. Matthias wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have posted this question before, but it may have been overlooked:
> 
> Which file formats can be imported by gmsh?
> 
> I know that STEP and IGES can be read, and that DXF can't. I tried STL 
> which gave an error message, so I suppose that STL can't be read either. 
> I did not find a list of all supported file formats in the documentation.
> 

It's a bit difficult to list all the formats because it depends on how
Gmsh was compiled (many packages are optional).

The easiest way to figure out which formats your version of Gmsh can
read is to use File->Open and look at the list of available formats in
the dialog.


> Are there any import formats besides msh, geo, step, and igs?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Matthias
> 
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