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CFDtools internal formats

CFDtools defines several internal classes that aim at manipulating various types grids and data. One can currently find

  • meshbase.Mesh
  • data.dataSet
  • data.dataSetList
  • vtkMesh
  • vtkMeshList

mesh

A mesh is described by the positions of nodes and a connectivity between nodes. This connectivity can be based on cells or faces. In addition, at least boundaries should be tagged with a physical names.

cell connectivity

face connectivity

tags

data