Gmsh

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 2.2 (November, 21 2008).

--- The Detailed Node Listing --- Overview
Copying conditions		Terms and conditions of use.
1. Overview		What is Gmsh?
2. General tools		Description of general commands and options.
3. Geometry module		Description of all Geometry commands.
4. Mesh module		Description of all Mesh commands.
5. Solver module		Description of all Solver commands.
6. Post-processing module		Description of all Post-Processing commands.
7. Tutorial		A step-by-step tutorial.
8. Running Gmsh		How to run Gmsh on your operating system.
9. File formats		Input and output file formats.
10. Programming notes		Random notes for developers.
11. Bugs, versions and credits		Contact information and ChangeLog
A. Tips and tricks		Some tips to make your life easier with Gmsh.
B. Frequently asked questions		The Gmsh FAQ
C. License		Complete copy of the license.
Concept index		Index of concepts.
Syntax index		Index of reserved keywords in the Gmsh language.
1.1 Geometry: geometrical entity definition
1.2 Mesh: finite element mesh generation
1.3 Solver: external solver interface
1.4 Post-processing: scalar, vector and tensor field visualization
1.5 What Gmsh is pretty good at …
1.6 … and what Gmsh is not so good at
1.7 Syntactic rules used in this document
1.8 Comments
General tools
2.1 Expressions
2.2 Operators
2.3 Built-in functions
2.4 User-defined functions
2.5 Loops and conditionals
2.6 General commands
2.7 General options
Expressions
2.1.1 Floating point expressions
2.1.2 Character expressions
2.1.3 Color expressions
Geometry module
3.1 Geometry commands
3.2 Geometry options
Geometry commands
3.1.1 Points
3.1.2 Lines
3.1.3 Surfaces
3.1.4 Volumes
3.1.5 Extrusions
3.1.6 Transformations
3.1.7 Miscellaneous
Mesh module
4.1 Elementary vs. physical entities
4.2 Mesh commands
4.3 Mesh options
Mesh commands
4.2.1 Characteristic lengths
4.2.2 Structured grids
4.2.3 Miscellaneous
Solver module
5.1 Solver options
5.2 Solver example
Post-processing module
6.1 Post-processing commands
6.2 Post-processing plugins
6.3 Post-processing options
Tutorial
7.1 ‘`t1.geo`’
7.2 ‘`t2.geo`’
7.3 ‘`t3.geo`’
7.4 ‘`t4.geo`’
7.5 ‘`t5.geo`’
7.6 ‘`t6.geo`’
7.7 ‘`t7.geo`’
7.8 ‘`t8.geo`’
7.9 ‘`t9.geo`’
Running Gmsh
8.1 Interactive mode
8.2 Non-interactive mode
8.3 Command-line options
8.4 Mouse actions
8.5 Keyboard shortcuts
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
9.4.2 POS ASCII file format
9.4.3 POS binary file format
Programming notes
10.1 Main code structure
10.2 Coding style
10.3 Option handling
Bugs, versions and credits
11.1 Bugs
11.2 Versions
11.3 Credits

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