[Gmsh] Getting Through GetDP and Gmsh Basics

[Christophe Geuzaine]

David Colignon wrote:
> 
> 
> Bruce McGee wrote:
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> Thanks for GetDP and gmsh.  Here is my problem:
>>
>> When I use gmsh to generate a mesh (I am using the file test.geo as an 
>> input file) and attempt to run the pre on the file from within gmsh I 
>> get the following error on in Message Console
>>
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>>
>> A screen shot of the first few lines of test.msh are below
> 
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> the getdp executable is a little bit old now and does not understand the 
> latest default mesh format (2.1) of Gmsh. In Gmsh, you should use File 
> -> "Save As", then choose Format -> "Gmsh mesh" and finally choose 
> Format : "Version 2.0 ASCII" when asked by the MSH options popup window, 
> which will save your mesh in the 2.0 format readable by getdp.
> 
> Or alternatively add the following line in your .geo file:
> 
> Mesh.MshFileVersion = 2 ;
> 

... or download a recent nightly snapshot


> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> Can you help me.
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>>
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