[Gmsh] MSH Format
Ted Kord
teddy.kord at gmail.com
Thu Jul 7 21:57:19 CEST 2011
Hi Serban,
It does, thanks.
You couldn't possibly send me the converter could you.
Regards
Theodore
On 7 July 2011 20:41, <Serban.Georgescu at uk.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> Hi Theodore,****
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> I am currently doing exactly what you are saying.****
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> I have a converter that reads only the tetrahedral elements from the mesh
> file and outputs a mesh format specific to the FEM solver that I am using. I
> then set the boundary conditions using the Pre-Post tool that comes with the
> solver. So I am ignoring all non-tetrahedral elements in the Gmsh mesh file.
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> Hope that answers you question.****
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> Cheers,****
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> Serban****
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> *From:* gmsh-bounces at ace20.montefiore.ulg.ac.be [mailto:
> gmsh-bounces at ace20.montefiore.ulg.ac.be] *On Behalf Of *Ted Kord
> *Sent:* 07 July 2011 20:28
> *To:* gmsh at geuz.org
> *Subject:* [Gmsh] MSH Format****
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> This may be a naive question but humour me.****
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> I've meshed my geometry using Gmsh and the mesh file has the usual format.
> In the $Elements section, there's connectivity for triangles and tetrahedra.
> Am I correct in saying that:****
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> a) the triangles are surface/boundary elements and****
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> b) I can ignore the triangles (if for the moment, I'm not concerned with
> boundary conditions, etc) and only use the connectivity information for the
> tetrahedra and still have the mesh and its nodes correctly represented? **
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> If the answers to these are 'NO', is there a way for me to generate a mesh
> with only nodes and connectivity information for tetrahedral elements only?
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> ..****
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> $MeshFormat****
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> 2.2 0 8****
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> $EndMeshFormat****
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> $Nodes****
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> 241401****
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> 1 2.848267 -65.8432 2.187612****
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> ..****
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> ..****
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> $EndNodes****
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> $Elements****
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> 1379514****
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> 1 1 2 0 7 1102 1101****
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> ..****
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> ..****
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> 210000 4 2 0 9 189345 47114 189340 189339****
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> 210001 4 2 0 9 189345 47114 48392 189340****
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> $EndElements****
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> --
> Best regards,****
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> Theodore****
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Best regards,
Theodore
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