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Christophe Geuzaine and Jean-François Remacle
Gmsh is an automatic 3D finite element mesh generator with build-in pre- and post-processing facilities. This is the Gmsh Reference Manual for Gmsh 2.3 (June, 14 2009).
Copying conditions Terms and conditions of use 1. Overview What is Gmsh? 2. How to read this reference manual? Which parts of this manual should you read (if any)? 3. Running Gmsh on your system How can you run Gmsh on your machine? 4. General tools Description of general commands and options 5. Geometry module Description of all Geometry commands 6. Mesh module Description of all Mesh commands 7. Solver module Description of all Solver commands 8. Post-processing module Description of all Post-Processing commands 9. File formats Input and output file formats A. Tutorial A step-by-step tutorial B. Options List of all available options C. Programming notes Notes for developers D. Random tips and tricks Tips and tricks to make your life easier E. Frequently asked questions The Gmsh FAQ F. Version history Changelog G. Copyright and credits Copyright information and list of contributors H. License Complete copy of the license Concept index Index of concepts Syntax index Index of reserved keywords in the Gmsh language
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Overview
How to read this reference manual?
2.1 Syntactic rules used in the manual
Running Gmsh on your system
3.1 Interactive mode 3.2 Non-interactive mode 3.3 Command-line options 3.4 Mouse actions 3.5 Keyboard shortcuts
General tools
4.1 Comments 4.2 Expressions 4.3 Operators 4.4 Built-in functions 4.5 User-defined functions 4.6 Loops and conditionals 4.7 General commands 4.8 General options
Expressions
4.2.1 Floating point expressions 4.2.2 Character expressions 4.2.3 Color expressions
Geometry module
5.1 Geometry commands 5.2 Geometry options
Geometry commands
5.1.1 Points 5.1.2 Lines 5.1.3 Surfaces 5.1.4 Volumes 5.1.5 Extrusions 5.1.6 Transformations 5.1.7 Miscellaneous
Mesh module
6.1 Elementary vs. physical entities 6.2 Mesh commands 6.3 Mesh options
Mesh commands
6.2.1 Characteristic lengths 6.2.2 Structured grids 6.2.3 Miscellaneous
Solver module
7.1 Solver options 7.2 Solver example
Post-processing module
8.1 Post-processing commands 8.2 Post-processing plugins 8.3 Post-processing options
File formats
9.1 MSH ASCII file format 9.2 MSH binary file format 9.3 Node ordering 9.4 Legacy formats
Legacy formats
9.4.1 MSH file format version 1.0 (Legacy) 9.4.2 POS ASCII file format (Legacy) 9.4.3 POS binary file format (Legacy)
Tutorial
A.1 `t1.geo' A.2 `t2.geo' A.3 `t3.geo' A.4 `t4.geo' A.5 `t5.geo' A.6 `t6.geo' A.7 `t7.geo' A.8 `t8.geo' A.9 `t9.geo'
Options
B.1 General options list B.2 Geometry options list B.3 Mesh options list B.4 Solver options list B.5 Post-processing options list
Programming notes
C.1 Main code structure C.2 Coding style C.3 Option handling