NAME¶

dolfin-convert - Convert to DOLFIN XML format

SYNOPSIS¶

dolfin-convert [OPTIONS] ... input.x output.y

OPTIONS¶

-h, --help

Display help text and exit.

-i format, --input format

Specify input format.

-o format, --output format

Specify output format.

Supported formats:

xml

- DOLFIN XML mesh format (current)

xml-old

- DOLFIN XML mesh format (DOLFIN 0.6.2 and earlier)

mesh

- Medit, generated by tetgen with option -g

gmsh

- Gmsh, version 2.0 file format

metis

- Metis graph file format

scotch

- Scotch graph file format

diffpack

- Diffpack tetrahedral grid format

abaqus

- Abaqus tetrahedral grid format

ExodusII

- Sandia Format (requires ncdump utility from NetCDF)

NetCDF

- NetCDF format (requires ncdump utility from NetCDF)

StarCD

- StarCD terahedral grid format

If --input or --output are not specified, the format will be deduced from the suffix:

.xml

- xml

.mesh

- mesh

.gmsh

- gmsh

.msh

- gmsh

.gra

- metis

.grf

- scotch

.grid

- diffpack

.inp

- abaqus

.e

- ExodusII

.exo

- ExodusII

.ncdf

- NetCDF

.vrt

- StarCD

.cell

- StarCD

BUGS¶

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

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>.