[Gmsh] VTK Format Reader

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Dominique Belhachemi wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 21:17 +0200, Christophe Geuzaine wrote:
>> Dominique Belhachemi wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The FileOpenDialog offers to read a "VTK mesh (*.vtk)" into Gmsh.
>>> I've tried it with different files without success. All I get is a
>>> syntax error.
>>>
>>> I took a quick look at the code. Geo/GModelIO_Mesh.cpp offers a readVTK
>>> function.
>>>
>>>      int GModel::readVTK(const std::string &name)
>>>      {
>>>        Msg::Error("VTK reader is not implemented yet");
>>>        return 0;
>>>      }
>>>
>>> But this function is never called. Is it possible to add a call to the
>>> function "int MergeFile(...)" in Common/OpenFile.cpp ?
>> Sure, but someone needs to implement the reader first :-)
>>
> Not really. The crux of the matter is that the user doesnt see the error
> message:
> 
>      Msg::Error("VTK reader is not implemented yet");
> 
> Current implementation handles .vtk files like .geo files. This results
> in a syntax error without notifying the user.
> 

Indeed. This is fixed in CVS.

Thanks,

Christophe


> Cheers
> Dominique
> 
> 
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