xml_to_fem


xml_to_fem, a Python code which reads an XML file, created by DOLFIN or FENICS, defining a mesh. The code extracts the node coordinates, and the lists of node indices associated with each element, which constitute an FEM model of the mesh.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

xml_to_fem is available in a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

dolfin, Python codes which are used with the DOLFIN code to set up and solve a wide variety of problems using the finite element method (FEM).

dolfin-convert, a Python code which can convert a mesh file from Gmsh, MEDIT, METIS or SCOTCH format to an XML format suitable for use by DOLFIN or FENICS, by Anders Logg.

dolfin_xml, a data directory which contains examples of XML files that describe 3D finite element method (FEM) meshes as used by DOLFIN and FENICS.

fem_to_xml, a Python code which reads FEM files defining a 1D, 2D or 3D mesh, namely a file of node coordinates and a file of elements defined by node indices, and creates a corresponding XML file for input to DOLFIN or FENICS.

fenics, codes which illustrate the use of FENICS, a collection of free software with an extensive list of features for automated, efficient solution of partial differential equations (PDE's).

xml, a data directory which contains examples of XML files, a standard, general datafile format.

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Last revised on 12 October 2014.