> On 27 Nov 2020, at 11:20, Christophe Geuzaine <cgeuza...@uliege.be> wrote: > > > >> On 26 Nov 2020, at 20:00, Miroslav Grulovic <miro_grulo...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Hello there >> >> Ia am involved in little project using NASA PMARC14 software, and recently >> noticed some Plot3D capabilities which are aso build in GMSH. However I have >> noticed that GMSH ( version 4.5.6 ) perfectly read p3d files and exporting >> them to NASTRAN format bdf, but when tried to convert very same file back to >> Plot3D format, error message pops up . >> Error reads " Warning : No structured grid to save " and creates empty p3d >> file. >> Appears that software does not recognizes its own routine so please advise, >> do I am doing something wrong or software is not capable of such as >> transformation. >> > > Indeed, currently when we read structured meshes we import them as general > unstructured grids.
Well actually I was wrong, and we do actually already keep track of the structured information in the reader. To test: // create p3d file gmsh benchmarks/3d/sphere_in_cube_hexa.geo -3 -o a.p3d // read it back and save it again gmsh a.p3d -save -o b.p3d Works fine with the latest Gmsh. Christophe > The P3D reader could be changed to keep track of the structured information. > Maybe open an issue on the gitlab to keep track of this feature request? > > Christophe > > >> Cheers thanks for response and stay safe. >> >> >> Miro >> _______________________________________________ >> gmsh mailing list >> gmsh@onelab.info >> http://onelab.info/mailman/listinfo/gmsh > > — > Prof. Christophe Geuzaine > University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science > http://people.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/geuzaine > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gmsh mailing list > gmsh@onelab.info > http://onelab.info/mailman/listinfo/gmsh — Prof. Christophe Geuzaine University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science http://people.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/geuzaine _______________________________________________ gmsh mailing list gmsh@onelab.info http://onelab.info/mailman/listinfo/gmsh