> On 5 Dec 2017, at 16:26, Juan Sanchez <juan.e.sanc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for doing this. > > Will it be possible for commands sent to the API to be serialized to a > GEO file?
For the most part, yes: with the built-in cad kernel you can serialize to a .geo file (with gmsh::write("file.geo")); for opencascade you can serialize to brep (with gmsh::write("file.brep")). > This is so the structure can be programmatically defined in > a scripting language, and have the result sent to someone without the > API. In addition, is it possible to view the results debugged in the > GUI? Yes, either using the above serialized files and the standalone Gmsh app, or directly with the new small API for the graphical user interface. See demos/api/gui.{py,cpp} for an example. Christophe > > Regards, > > Juan > > > On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 2:19 AM, Christophe Geuzaine <cgeuza...@uliege.be> > wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> One of our main goals for the next versions of Gmsh is the release of a >> stable Application Programming Interface (API), allowing users/developers to >> easily embed Gmsh (as a library) in their own codes. The design goals for >> this API are the following: the API should >> >> - allow to do everything that can be done in .geo files (and then more) >> - be robust, in particular to wrong input data (i.e. "never crash") >> - allow to do simple things, simply >> - be maintainable over the long run >> >> To achieve these goals the API >> >> - is purely functional >> - only uses basic types from the target language (C++, C or Python) >> - is automatically generated from a master API description file >> - is fully documented >> >> An initial version of the API has landed in the Git repository, and we would >> like to get your early feedback. It is defined in the >> https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/blob/master/api directory: >> >> - C++ header: https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/blob/master/api/gmsh.h >> - C header: https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/blob/master/api/gmshc.h >> - Python module: >> https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/blob/master/api/gmsh.py >> >> Several examples on how to use the C++ and Python API are available in the >> https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/blob/master/demos/api directory. In >> particular, this directory contains C++ and Python versions of several of >> the .geo tutorials from >> https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/blob/master/tutorial. >> >> We plan to release a first (beta) version of the API in Gmsh 3.1, and a >> first stable version in Gmsh 4.0. >> >> You can send your feedback directly to the mailing list, or comment in the >> issue tracker https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/issues/188. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Christophe >> >> -- >> Prof. Christophe Geuzaine >> University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science >> http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~geuzaine >> >> Free software: http://gmsh.info | http://getdp.info | http://onelab.info >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gmsh mailing list >> gmsh@onelab.info >> http://onelab.info/mailman/listinfo/gmsh > > _______________________________________________ > gmsh mailing list > gmsh@onelab.info > http://onelab.info/mailman/listinfo/gmsh -- Prof. Christophe Geuzaine University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~geuzaine Free software: http://gmsh.info | http://getdp.info | http://onelab.info _______________________________________________ gmsh mailing list gmsh@onelab.info http://onelab.info/mailman/listinfo/gmsh