[Gmsh] MSH file format

[Rodolfo Araya]

Hello Remi,

I think that if you put Mesh.MshFileVersion=2.2 in your geo file it force
gmsh to use msh version 2.

I hope that this help.

Regards,


Dr. Rodolfo Araya D.
Departamento de Ingenieria Matematica
Fac. Cs. Fisicas y Matematicas
Universidad de Concepcion

Tel: +56 41 2203116
e-mail: rodolfo.araya at udec.cl


On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 11:45 AM Rémi Mahouas <remi.mahouas at onera.fr> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am writing to you because we need some help about the MSH file format. I
> explain our problem : we use a script that requires a .msh file format in
> version 2 (or 2.2) and not in version 4. We have seen in the PDF
> Documentation of GMSH (in the Chapter 9 "File formats" page 107) that "The
> format has a version number that is independent of Gmsh’s main version
> number". Indeed, we tried to create .msh file format in version 2 with GMSH
> V2.8.4 and with GMSH V4 and the result is the same : the .msh file created
> is in format 4 and not in format 2 as we would like... But, several weeks
> ago, we tried to create a .msh file in format version 2...
>
> Our question is : how can we "force" GMSH to create .msh file in format
> version 2 ? What is the element in the GMSH software that choose the file
> format (because GMSH V2.8.4 is an old version but it create .msh file in
> format 4 that I suppose it is a most recent format that doesn't exist when
> GMSH V2.8.4 was released) ?
>
> Please help us on this. Thank you.
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
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