[Gmsh] .msh file

Christophe Geuzaine cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Mon Mar 3 19:44:01 CET 2008


Chiara Latini wrote:
> Dear all,
> I'm a new gmsh user, and I've a question about .msh file for a 3D mesh. 
> In this format the output mesh is saved as 2 point lines and 3 point 
> triangles on the boundary,and 4 point tetrahedra in the volume.
> Is there any way to also save all 3 points triangles and 2 points lines 
> inside the volume ?

No, at the moment you'll have to generate the edges/faces of the volume 
mesh in your own code.

It would however be quite easy to add this capability in Gmsh. 
Personnally, I'm not sure if it's worth it... What do other people 
reading this list think? Would this be something we should add?








> Thanks in advance for your help
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> Chiara Latini
> Phd Student
> Department of Electric Engineering
> University of Bologna
> v.le Risorgimento,2
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