NAME

mbconvert - convert between file formats supported by MOAB

SYNOPSIS

mbconvert [-h|-l]

mbconvert [-f format ] [-a sat_file |-A] [-t] [-g] [-o option ] [-O option ] [-I dim ] [-p|-P] [-v vol_id_list ] [-s surf_id_list ] [-c curve_id_list ] [-V vert_id_list ] [-m block_id_list ] [-d nodeset_id_list ] [-n sideset_id_list ] [-1] [-2] [-3] input_file [ input_file2 ...] output_file

DESCRIPTION

mbconvert uses the MOAB library to translate between mesh file formats or to extract subsets of mesh files. The type of the output file is determined from the file extension if the -f flag is not specified. The -l option can be used to list the file formats supported.

The id_list passed to many of the subset options can contain either individual IDs or ranges of IDs, separated by a comma (','). Ranges of IDs are specified with a pair of values separated by a dash ('-'). An ID list may not contain spaces.

Any combination of subset options, including repetition of a singe option with different ID lists may be specified. The output will contain the union of all of the subset options. If no subset options are specified the entire input mesh is written to the output file.

String options for use with the -o and -O flags are documented in the README.IO file.

OPTIONS

-h

Print help to stdout and exit.

-l

List supported file formats to stdout.

-a sat_file

File to store extracted geometry from .cub file.

-A

Do not store extracted geometry from .cub file (depricated, default).

-O option

Specify writer option. Specify flag multiple times to specify multiple options.

-o option

Specify reader option. Specify flag multiple times to specify multiple options.

-t

Print timing data for read and write operations to stdout.

-g

Print verbose debugging and status information to stdout.

-I dim

Generate internal/adjacent entities of specified dimension.

-P

Parallel only: append '.' and proccessor rank in world comm to output file name.

-p

Parallel only: replace every occurance of '%' symbol in both input and output file names with processor rank in world communicator.

-v idlist

List of IDs of geometric volumes for which the corresponding mesh is to be written.

-s idlist

List of IDs of geometric surfaces for which the corresponding mesh is to be written.

-c idlist

List of IDs of geometric curves for which the corresponding mesh is to be written.

-V idlist

List of IDs of geometric vertices for which the corresponding mesh is to be written.

-m idlist

List of IDs for material sets (blocks) to write.

-d idlist

List of IDs for Dirchlet sets (nodesets) to write.

-n idlist

List of IDs for Neumann sets (sidesets) to write.

-1

Write all one-dimensional mesh entities (edges.)

-2

Write all two-dimensional mesh entities (triangles,quads,polygons)

-3

Write all three-dimensional mesh entities (tets,hexes,etc.)

FILES

ENVIRONMENT

DIAGNOSTICS

SEE ALSO

README.IO