Tom De Vuyst wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question regarding the generation of screenshots in non-interactive > mode. > > Executing the tutorial file t8.geo: > > gmsh t8.geo > > generates images. > > However doing this in non-interactive 'batch' mode: > > gmsh t8.geo - > > does not, and the following message is printed: > > Warning : Offscreen rendering not available in this version > > Can the batch mode be used to generate images? In the version history the line > referring to OSMesa seems to suggest it should:
Hi Tom - You need to compile Gmsh with Mesa's offscreen rendering lib for this to work (./configure --enable-osmesa) > > 2.0 (Feb 5, 2007): new geometry and mesh databases, with support for > STEP and IGES import via OpenCascade; complete rewrite of geometry and > mesh drawing code; complete rewrite of mesh I/O layer (with new native > binary MSH format and support for import/export of I-deas UNV, Nastran > BDF, STL, Medit MESH and VRML 1.0 files); added support for incomplete > second order elements; new 2D and 3D meshing algorithms; improved > integration of Netgen and TetGen algorithms; removed anisotropic > meshing algorithm (as well as attractors); removed explicit region > number specification in extrusions; option changes in the graphical > interface are now applied instantaneously; added support for offscreen > rendering using OSMesa; added support for SVG output; added string > labels for Physical entities; lots of other improvements all over the > place. > > Regards, > > Tom De Vuyst > -- Prof. Christophe Geuzaine University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~geuzaine _______________________________________________ gmsh mailing list [email protected] http://www.geuz.org/mailman/listinfo/gmsh
