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[Andreas Fabri <>]

Hi Michael,

The CGAL project is about data structures and algorithms,
which users typically integrate into their application
code with their application area specific file formats.

Hence our support for I/O and file formats is somewhat
minimalist.  I could well imagine that we integrate
I/O code provided by users, and a first step could be a
wish list for file formats to generate from a C3T3.

Let me also point out, that you can save and load
meshes generated from inside the Polyhedron demo.

Best,

Andreas



On 22/09/2016 11:03, Michael Bieri wrote:
> Thanks Andreas for that answer.
>
> In general, is it still recommended to use the MEDIT .mesh format or
> does the CGAL community prefer something else? (Though, the 3D Mesh
> Generation package seems to know only the MEDIT format...)
>
> Best regards,
> Michael
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Andreas Fabri
> <
> <mailto:>>
>  wrote:
>
>
>     Seems to have moved here:
>
>     https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/frey/software.html
>     <https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/frey/software.html>
>
>
>
>
>     On 21/09/2016 11:47, Michael Bieri wrote:
>
>         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
>         <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
>         <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
>
>
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>
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