.TH "DOLFIN-CONVERT" 1

.SH NAME
dolfin-convert - Convert to DOLFIN XML format

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dolfin-convert
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] ... \fIinput.x output.y\fR

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display help text and exit.
.TP
\fB\-i\fR format, \fB\-\-input\fR format
Specify input format.
.TP
\fB\-o\fR format, \fB\-\-output\fR format
Specify output format.
.PP
Supported formats:
.TP
\fBxml\fR
\- DOLFIN XML mesh format (current)
.TP
\fBxml\-old\fR
\- DOLFIN XML mesh format (DOLFIN 0.6.2 and earlier)
.TP
\fBmesh\fR
\- Medit, generated by tetgen with option \fB\-g\fR
.TP
\fBgmsh\fR
\- Gmsh, version 2.0 file format
.TP
\fBmetis\fR
\- Metis graph file format
.TP
\fBscotch\fR
\- Scotch graph file format
.TP
\fBdiffpack\fR
\- Diffpack tetrahedral grid format
.TP
\fBabaqus\fR
\- Abaqus tetrahedral grid format
.TP
\fBExodusII\fR
\- Sandia Format (requires ncdump utility from NetCDF)
.TP
\fBNetCDF\fR
\- NetCDF format (requires ncdump utility from NetCDF)
.TP
\fBStarCD\fR
\- StarCD terahedral grid format
.PP
If \fB\-\-input\fR or \fB\-\-output\fR are not specified, the format will
be deduced from the suffix:
.TP
\&\fB.xml\fR
\- \fBxml\fR
.TP
\&\fB.mesh\fR
\- \fBmesh\fR
.TP
\&\fB.gmsh\fR
\- \fBgmsh\fR
.TP
\&\fB.msh\fR
\- \fBgmsh\fR
.TP
\&\fB.gra\fR
\- \fBmetis\fR
.TP
\&\fB.grf\fR
\- \fBscotch\fR
.TP
\&\fB.grid\fR
\- \fBdiffpack\fR
.TP
\&\fB.inp\fR
\- \fBabaqus\fR
.TP
\&\fB.e\fR
\- \fBExodusII\fR
.TP
\&\fB.exo\fR
\- \fBExodusII\fR
.TP
\&\fB.ncdf\fR
\- \fBNetCDF\fR
.TP
\&\fB.vrt\fR
\- \fBStarCD\fR
.TP
\&\fB.cell\fR
\- \fBStarCD\fR

.SH BUGS
.TP
Send comments, questions, bug reports etc. to dolfin@lists.launchpad.net.

.SH AUTHOR
dolfin-convert was originally written by Anders Logg <logg@simula.no>.
Several others have contributed to add support for different mesh
formats. This manual page was written by Johannes Ring <johannr@simula.no>.