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[Michael Bieri <>]

Hi all,

I'm currently learning how to use the 3D Mesh Generation package of CGAL. The package outputs to the medit file format, for example in this example: http://doc.cgal.org/latest/Mesh_3/index.html#title15

I tried to get more information about the format and to get the medit viewer, but all the links seem to be dead. (For example, here: https://www.rocq.inria.fr/gamma/gamma/Logiciels/index.en.html)

I'm not sure: Is there still a way to use the medit format, or should I switch to another format? What's the best practice to output and visualize meshes from CGAL? It will go into an FEM simulaiton later on, but it's not yet clear, which one. So I'd just like to have an output that is as versatile and compatible as possible.

Best regards,

Michael