read_2D_Gmsh
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Reads the .msh file generated from Gmsh
Version : 1.0
Author : George Kourakos
email: giorgk@gmail.com
web : http://groundwater.ucdavis.edu/msim
Date 27-Dec-2014
Department of Land Air and Water
University of California Davis
Contents
Usage
[p MSH]=read_2D_Gmsh(varargin)
Input
The function can take up to three inputs. filename, display_count, Use_Cpp. The inputs have to be used in the same order. If one wants to specify Use_Cpp this has to be the 3rd input and a value at least an empty argument [] for display_count is required.
filename: the name of file without the extension *.msh
_display_count_ : when the meshes are very large this function can be time consuming. Because I'm very impatient and always want to know that my script is running I allow to display the loop counters by setting this to 1. 0 or empty does not display anything
Use_Cpp: Setting this to 1 will run some parts of the code in c++. This is experimental and should be used only for very large meshes. It needs to be compiled of course and the function is written for matlab interface only at the moment.
Output
p: coordinates of points
MSH: A structure with 3 rows. The first row corresponds to the zero dimension elements (e.g. points) The second row to 1D elements (lines) and the third row to 2D elements (triangles or quadrilaterals). Each row has the field elem. The elem consist of one or more rows where each row correspond to a different type of elements. If only one type of element is used then elem has only one row. Each row of elem has the following fields: type is the type of element. for example 'triangle' 'quad' id is the matrix which contains the connentivity of the points the last field is dom and it was supposed to be used when the Gmesh partition the mesh for parallel assembly, Currently we are doing this out of Gmsh.