Anybody know the format of *.msh file?
 

I am developing my own code to do some simple computation, and i wanna read the *.msh file generated by Gambit. However, i have no idea of the file format. Could anybody here give me a hand? Any help will be appreciated.

Re: Anybody know the format of *.msh file?
 

create a simple rectangular 2-d geometry and make just few grid points. open the .msh file with wordpad and look at it.

-H

Re: Anybody know the format of *.msh file?
 

fluent's manual describe the mesh format in section cas and data file formats (in the cas section you will have all the details you need).

Re: Anybody know the format of *.msh file?
 

To get the basic grid informations select "generic" as solver type and export the neutral grid *.neu. Neutral mesh files are easy to unterstand even without the manual. they are devided into 3 sections: 1. a header with basic grid informations (number of nodes, number of elements,...); 2. the point coordinates and 3. the elements (wich points form a an element). if you added boundaries in gambit there will be an 4th section with boundary informations.

good luck rom

Re: Anybody know the format of *.msh file?
 

actually i did it just as you suggested, but i failed to get the exact meaning of the file. it's a little bit troublesome.

the following is an example: a cavity with each edge divided into four parts, that is , nine cells.

(0 "GAMBIT to Fluent File")

(0 "Dimension:") (2 2)

(10 (0 1 10 1 2)) (10 (1 1 10 1 2)(

0.0000000000e+000 1.0000000000e+000

1.0000000000e+000 1.0000000000e+000

0.0000000000e+000 0.0000000000e+000

1.0000000000e+000 0.0000000000e+000

1.0000000000e+000 3.3333333333e-001

1.0000000000e+000 6.6666666667e-001

0.0000000000e+000 6.6666666667e-001

0.0000000000e+000 3.3333333333e-001

3.3333333333e-001 1.0000000000e+000

6.6666666667e-001 1.0000000000e+000

3.3333333333e-001 0.0000000000e+000

6.6666666667e-001 0.0000000000e+000

6.6666666667e-001 3.3333333333e-001

6.6666666667e-001 6.6666666667e-001

3.3333333333e-001 3.3333333333e-001

3.3333333333e-001 6.6666666667e-001 ))

(0 "Faces:") (13(0 1 18 0)) (13(3 1 9 3 0)( 2 1 7 9 0 2 7 8 6 0 2 8 3 3 0 2 3 b 3 0 2 b c 2 0 2 c 4 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 2 5 6 4 0 2 6 2 7 0 )) (13(4 a c 14 0)( 2 1 9 0 9 2 9 a 0 8 2 a 2 0 7 )) (13(6 d 18 2 0)( 2 d c 1 2 2 5 d 1 4 2 f b 2 3 2 d f 2 5 2 f 8 3 6 2 e d 4 5 2 6 e 4 7 2 10 f 5 6 2 e 10 5 8 2 10 7 6 9 2 a e 7 8 2 9 10 8 9 ))

(0 "Cells:") (12 (0 1 9 0)) (12 (2 1 9 1 3))

(0 "Zones:") (45 (2 fluid fluid)()) (45 (3 wall new_wall.4)()) (45 (4 mass-flow-inlet wall.4)()) (45 (6 interior default-interior)())

Re: Anybody know the format of *.msh file?
 

i think i will try more to find it in the manual. thank you !

Re: Anybody know the format of *.msh file?
 

compared to the *.msh, the *.neu file is easier to understand. But the problem is that some boundary conditions such as "wall","mass flow inlet", are not compatible with this filetype, so i cannot add the BC to the *.neu file, which make me turn to *.msh file.

The structure of *.msh file is closely related to FLUENT solver. Although you can easily open the file with a wordpad something and extract the point information, only point information is far from enough to be utilized in a solver. You need more information on how these points are connected and how the volume cells are built.

I spent more than 1 year looking into the *.msh file structure and finally figured it out. Then I built my own solver for research purpose on that. Drop me a message if you are interested in more details.

cheers,:p

Dear jntan,
I am very interested in more details about reading the *.msh file.
Regards,
Okke

Hi,
I need to edit my msh file manually. Can you please tell me how can I start to find the structure of fluent msh files?
Best regards