[Gmsh] mesh format question

[Christophe Geuzaine]

August Winkelman - TNW wrote:
> Hi
> a beginners question about the mesh file format.
> I took the first 4 lines of the elements in the tutorial t1.msh 
> (generated under windows).
> To me it seems like elements 3 and 4  (type1) should have 3 tags but 
> there is one number too much it seems.
> I suppose in element 3 the tags are 99, 1 and 0: what is the 1 before 5, 
> if 5 is the node number list?

type 1 is a line segment: 1 and 5 are its nodes

>  
> Element 80 shows 6 integers after the numberoftags=3, what are the 4th 
> and 5th representing if the 6th is the nodenumberlist?
>  
>  
> $Elements
> 
> 821
> 
> 1 15 2 1 1 1
> 
> 2 15 2 1 2 2
> 
> 3 1 3 99 1 0 1 5
> 
> 4 1 3 99 1 0 5 6
> 
> 79 1 3 99 4 0 88 1
> 
> 80 2 3 100 6 0 98 46 45
> 
> 81 2 3 100 6 0 13 14 99
> 
> 82 2 3 100 6 0 92 111 112
> 
>  
> 
> thanks for helping me getting started,
> 
> August Winkelman, Delft
> 
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