DOLFIN-CONVERT

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>.