CVMSH2(1)

📦 version 4.17, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 CVMSH2 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about cvmsh2 — literally just a 2D mesh converter. that's the whole name. short, sweet, does exactly what it says on the tin. it's a section 1 General Commands Manual situation, so it lives in your terminal, and it's here to make your meshes change outfits. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

cvmsh2 — a 2D mesh converter 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

cvmsh2 Inmeshfile  OutBdmeshfile  [-g OutGeomfile ] [ -thetamax theta ]
[ -v level ]

so you hand it an input mesh file, you hand it an output boundary-mesh file, and then there's a lil buffet of optional flags you can pass but don't have to. slay. 👑

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so this manual page is doing a quick lil vibe check on what the cvmsh2 command is even about. it documents the scope briefly — that's the word, briefly, we're not writing a novel here.

cvmsh2 is a converter of 2d meshes. it accepts .am_fmt, .amdba, .am, .nopo, .msh, .ftq + bd mesh types as input, and it converts them to .am_fmt, .amdba, .am, .nopo, .msh, .ftq + bd output types. so yeah, it speaks six-ish mesh dialects and it will translate between them, no cap. ✨

it is part of the FreeFem++ suite, which is used for the solution of Partial Differential Equations (PDE's) via the Finite Element Method (FEM). so like, it's not just a cute lil utility, it's riding with the serious math girlies. 🧚

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

a summary of options is included below. here's the rundown, bestie:

  • -thetamax theta — theta is the angular limit for smooth curve, in degrees. 📐
  • -v level — level is the level of verbosity, and it lives in the range [0..99]. 0 => no message at all, 99 too many. pick your fighter. 🗣️
ngl, -g OutGeomfile shows up in the synopsis but this page doesn't give it a description down here, so we're just acknowledging it exists and moving on with our lives. no invented lore on my watch. 🫶

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

FreeFem++ was written by Frédéric Hecht <hecht@ann.jussieu.fr>.

this manual page was created by Dimitrios Eftaxiopoulos <eftaxi12@otenet.gr>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). 💖

okay that's the whole page, and as a lil sign-off: this beauty is from the CVMSH2(1) era, dated January 3, 2011, and it's giving vintage Debian-manpage realness. iconic, honestly. go convert some meshes, bestie. 💅🌸✨

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