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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would also suggest that NASTRAN BDF would be a
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<DIV>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 2<BR>Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006
19:44:08 -0400<BR>From: Christophe Geuzaine <<A
href="mailto:cag32@case.edu">cag32@case.edu</A>><BR>Subject: [Gmsh] Help with
rewrite of mesh I/O layer<BR>To: gmsh mailing list <<A
href="mailto:gmsh@geuz.org">gmsh@geuz.org</A>><BR>Message-ID: <<A
href="mailto:44F622C8.6060502@case.edu">44F622C8.6060502@case.edu</A>><BR>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<BR><BR><BR>Hi all - We are
currently rewriting Gmsh's mesh module, including the<BR>input/output layer, and
I have a few questions for all of you who<BR>use the UNV ("IDEAS Universal
Mesh") mesh file format:<BR><BR>* What should we put in the "physical property",
"material" and "color"<BR>fields? Right now we just put the "elementary" region
everywhere, and 7<BR>(!) in the color field.<BR><BR>* Should we treat the
physical groups like in the native MSH file<BR>format, i.e., if physical groups
are defined, only save the elements<BR>that belong to a physical group? Right
now we always save all the elements.<BR><BR>* I don't have access to any program
that can read UNV files. Does<BR>anyone on this list with access to such a
program want to volunteer to<BR>test a alpha-quality version of the new
import/export code?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Christophe<BR><BR>PS: While we're at
it, are there any mesh file formats that we should<BR>implement besides MSH,
UNV, MESH (INRIA) and STL? Due to changes in the<BR>database, we've had to
remove the P3D and the GREF formats.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Christophe
Geuzaine<BR>Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University,
Mathematics<BR><A
href="http://www.case.edu/artsci/math/geuzaine">http://www.case.edu/artsci/math/geuzaine</A><BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>