WriteGmsh.hpp

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/**
 * MOAB, a Mesh-Oriented datABase, is a software component for creating,
 * storing and accessing finite element mesh data.
 *
 * Copyright 2004 Sandia Corporation.  Under the terms of Contract
 * DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation, the U.S. Government
 * retains certain rights in this software.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 */
 
#ifndef WRITE_GMSH_HPP
#define WRITE_GMSH_HPP
 
#include "moab/Forward.hpp"
#include "moab/WriterIface.hpp"
#include <cstdio>
 
namespace moab
{
 
class WriteUtilIface;
 
/**
 * \brief Export Gmsh files.
 * \author Jason Kraftcheck
 *
 * Known limitations:
 *  - Tag data and most sets cannot be saved.
 *  - For blocks, geometry sets, and parallel partitions, the
 *     sets are saved but the IDs may be lost.
 *  - File format does not support general polygons or polyhedra.
 *  - File format does not support higher-order volume elements
 *     other than TET10 and HEX27.
 */
class WriteGmsh : public WriterIface
{
 
  public:
    //! factory method
    static WriterIface* factory( Interface* );
 
    //! Constructor
    WriteGmsh( Interface* impl );
 
    //! Destructor
    virtual ~WriteGmsh();
 
    //! writes out a file
    ErrorCode write_file( const char* file_name,
                          const bool overwrite,
                          const FileOptions& opts,
                          const EntityHandle* output_list,
                          const int num_sets,
                          const std::vector< std::string >& qa_list,
                          const Tag* tag_list  = NULL,
                          int num_tags         = 0,
                          int export_dimension = 3 );
 
  private:
    //! interface instance
    Interface* mbImpl;
    WriteUtilIface* mWriteIface;
};
 
}  // namespace moab
 
#endif