From 23bba3b4c645017a7d0a56036e5045e65060f50e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Bastian Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 20:29:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] some more description of gmsh [[Imported from SVN: r260]] --- doc/grid-howto.tex | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/grid-howto.tex b/doc/grid-howto.tex index 7c00c16..59b5482 100644 --- a/doc/grid-howto.tex +++ b/doc/grid-howto.tex @@ -979,9 +979,13 @@ Again, no interface specification exists for file readers in \Dune. Arguably the most important file format currently supported by \Dune is the \lstinline!gmsh! format. \lstinline!Gmsh!\footnote{\url{http://geuz.org/gmsh/}} -is an open-source grid generator. It creates simplicial grids in 2d and 3d +is an open-source grid generator and modeller. It allows to define +geometries using a boundary representation (interactively and via its +own modelling language resulting in \lstinline!.geo!-files), +creates simplicial grids in 2d and 3d (using +\lstinline!tetgen! or \lstinline!netgen!) and stores them in files ending in \lstinline!.msh!. \lstinline!Gmsh! -can be compiled with \lstinline!OpenCascade!, an open-source CAD +can also be compiled with \lstinline!OpenCascade!, an open-source CAD kernel. Via \lstinline!gmsh! CAD geometries, e.~g.~from IGES or STEP files, can be meshed and subsequently be used in \Dune. Moreover, the reader supports second order -- GitLab