[Gmsh] 1d line elements from picture
Jose Paulo Moitinho de Almeida
moitinho at civil.ist.utl.pt
Mon Mar 14 18:49:13 CET 2011
On Monday 14 March 2011, Abushaikha, Ahmed wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thanks you a lot for this great software that helps alot during my PhD.
>
> I would like to create 1D line elements from a black and white picture.
> where the black lines where i would like the lines to be created and then
> the inside white area will be meshed using 2D elements later on when 1D
> lines are drawn. Please see picture attached.
>
> regards,
> A
You should try "autotrace -centerline"
Just wonder which output is more appropriate for gmsh? DXF?
> -output-format format
> Employ the specified output format, where format is one of:
> ai(Adobe Illustrator)
> cgm(Computer Graphics Metafile)
> dr2d(IFF DR2D format, used almost exclusively on Amiga platforms)
> dxf(AutoCAD Drawing Exchange format)
> emf(Windows Enhanced Metafile format)
> epd(Encapsulated Vectorial Graphics format)
> eps(Encapsulated PostScript)
> er(Elastic Reality Shape format)
> fig(xfig (1) 3.2)
> mif(FrameMaker MIF format)
> pdf(Portable Data Format)
> p2e(pstoedit (1) frontend)
> sk(Sketch)
> svg(Scalable Vector Graphics)
> swf(Shockwave Flash 3)
>
Regards
ZP