[Gmsh] dxf or other 2D import?

[Zenker, Dr. Matthias]

Thank you for the info.
Since I have no C/C++ compiler on my system (Windoze XP SP2): Is there a binary available?
Are there plans to incorporate the converter into gmsh?
The link in the description is unfortunately dead.

Matthias

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Colignon [mailto:David.Colignon at ulg.ac.be] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:24 PM
> To: Zenker, Dr. Matthias
> Cc: gmsh at geuz.org
> Subject: Re: [Gmsh] dxf or other 2D import?
> 
> Hi Matthias,
> 
> we have a very basic dxf to geo converter in 
> utils/converters/autocad/dxf2geo.cpp :
> 
> ...
> ...
> // This is a simple AutoCAD DXF to Gmsh GEO Data File 
> Converter // // It was created from the AutoCAD DXF file to 
> DKB data file converter // written and placed in the public 
> domain 8/13/90 by Aaron // A. Collins 
> (http://www.sdsc.edu/~mjb/mae152/dxf.spec.txt).
> //
> // It parses a limited, but useful, subset of the AutoCAD DXF 
> file // format. No effort has been made to handle the 
> complete range of // possible DXF opcodes and commands.
> ...
> ...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
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> 
> Zenker, Dr. Matthias wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I need to import 2D data generated as cuts from a 3D model in 
> > SolidWorks. One possibility would be to define a cut in 
> SolidWorks and 
> > export it as dxf (AutoCAD format). But it seems like gmsh 
> is not able to 
> > read dxf. Is there something I am missing (I just tried 
> File->Open in 
> > gmsh, it gave me a an error message)? Or what would be the best 
> > (quickest) way to get the cut into gmsh? Is there any 2D 
> vector format 
> > it can read?
> > 
> > The way I have done it before is to take a slice instead of a cut, 
> > export it to STEP format, import it into gmsh and delete 
> manually all 
> > volumes, surfaces, lines and points in the 3rd dimension, 
> which can be 
> > very tedious for complex geometries.
> > 
> > Any suggestions would be welcome.
> > 
> > BTW, is there a complete list of all formats gmsh can read 
> and write? I 
> > have not found it in the manual, but I may have overlooked it...
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Matthias
> > 
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