3.3 Command-line options

Geometry options:

-0

Parse all input files, output unrolled geometry, and exit.

-tol float

Set geometrical tolerance

Mesh options:

-1, -2, -3

Perform 1D, 2D or 3D mesh generation, then exit

-refine

Perform uniform mesh refinement by subdivision, then exit

-part int

Partition the mesh after batch mesh generation

-saveall

Save all elements (discard physical group definitions)

-o file

Specify mesh output file name

-format string

Set output mesh format (msh, msh1, msh2, unv, vrml, stl, mesh, bdf, p3d, cgns, med, ...)

-bin

Use binary format when available

-algo string

Select mesh algorithm (meshadapt, del2d, front2d, del3d, front3d, ...)

-smooth int

Set number of mesh smoothing steps

-optimize[_netgen]

Optimize quality of tetrahedral elements

-order int

Set the order of the generated elements (1, 2)

-clscale float

Set mesh element size scaling factor

-clmin float

Set minimum mesh element size

-clmax float

Set maximum mesh element size

-clcurv

Compute mesh element sizes from curvatures

-rand float

Set random perturbation factor

-bgm file

Load background mesh from file

-check file

Perform various consistency checks on mesh

Post-processing options:

-link int

Select link mode between views (0, 1, 2, 3, 4)

-combine

Combine views having identical names into multi-time-step views

Display options:

-n

Hide all meshes and post-processing views on startup

-nodb

Disable double buffering

-fontsize int

Specify the font size for the GUI

-theme string

Specify FLTK GUI theme

-display string

Specify display

Other options:

-

Parse input files, then exit

-a, -g, -m, -s, -p

Start in automatic, geometry, mesh, solver or post-processing mode

-pid

Print pid on stdout

-listen

Always listen to incoming connection requests.

-watch

Pattern of files to merge as they become available.

-v int

Set verbosity level

-nopopup

Don’t popup dialog windows in scripts

-string "string"

Parse option string at startup

-option file

Parse option file at startup

-convert files

Convert files into latest binary formats, then exit

-version

Show version number

-info

Show detailed version information

-help

Show this message

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