[Dune] Creating a Grid

[Christian Engwer]

> > >How can I resolve the above error? Also, I need help to create an
> > >*unstructured* UGGrid, that is, without the StructuredGridFactory
> > >class. Can someone please help me out with this?
> 
> Well, you'll have to use some other tool to actually create the mesh, Dune
> cannot do that for you.  And I'm sorry, but I don't actually know of any mesh
> generator for cubic meshes -- you'll have to google yourself.  Make sure the
> mesh generator can produce one of the file formats understood by Dune -- that
> is either .dgf (Dune Grid Format -- you are unlikely to find such a thing) or
> .msh (the file format of gmsh -- I'm not sure wether cubes are supported in
> the dune-reader for that format, however).  You'll have to use either the
> DGFParser (note that the name of the class is GridPtr), or the GmshReader.
> Look in the class documentation at
> <http://www.dune-project.org/doc/doxygen.html> for the includes you need.

Dune also support the starcd-Mesh-format and the amiramesh-format. I
know that the commercial Ansys CFD system has a mesh generator for
cartesian meshes, but I am sure there are also alternatives.

Christian

> If you cannot find a mesh generator that can export to a file format
> understood by dune, you can try to write a conversion program.  Mesh file
> formats are often text-based and usually pretty simple, so this should not be
> too difficult.  Or you can try to write a file reader for Dune using the
> GridFactory.
> 
> Bye,
> Jö.
> 
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