This plugin use uses the features fo of the meshio Python module to allow GiD import/export the mesh meshes in all formats supported by this module.
The module is written in python, but GiD use uses Tcl as main scripting language. The Tohil
package is the bridge to allow its use in GiD.
The plugin is placed at
<GiD>\<GiDdirectory>/plugins
\/Import
\/meshio
and like the rest of plugins it is automatically loaded from Tcl when GiD starts.
It add adds a new “meshio” entry to the Files Import/Export menus a new “meshio” itemmenu.
to To import meshes, for example, the Python file gid_meshio.py
define for example a defines the function my_meshio_read_mesh
.
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import numpy as np import meshio def my_meshio_read_mesh(filename): #to avoid that numpy truncate the printed representation of its arrays np.set_printoptions(threshold=np.inf) mesh=meshio.read(filename) return [mesh.points,mesh.cells,mesh.cells_dict] |
and the Tcl file meshio.tcl
invoke the import of calls GiD_Python_Import_File
to import this file in the Python interpreter to have defined define the function, and then call calls the function to obtain the mesh data independently from the mesh file regardless of the mesh file format readused.
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set filename_python [file join [gid_filesystem::get_folder_standard plugins] Import/meshio/gid_meshio.py] GiD_Python_Import_File $filename_python ... set m [GiD_Python_Call gid_meshio.my_meshio_read_mesh $filename_mesh] ... |
...
Here GiD_Python_Import_File
is an auxiliary proc (see <GiD>\<GiDdirectory>/scripts\/gid_python.tcl) that decorate decorates the tohil syntax and basically dodoes the following:
package require tohil
tohil::import $module_name
And GiD_Python_Call
is like an alias of the command tohil::call
.
then the The variable m
has contains the data that define defines a collection of meshes (element type, coordinates of nodes and element connectivities)this , and this data is processed at Tcl level to have the desired final data for GiD_MeshPre_Create
.
This is the code of the proc that create creates GiD meshes from a file in a format supported by the meshio Python module:
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proc MeshIo::ReadPreUnstructuredMeshInit { filename } { set fail 0variable meshio_num_nodes_per_cell variable meshio_gid_element variable meshio #linear and serendipit set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(vertex) 1 MeshIo::Import_gid_meshio_py ;#to load in python the file gid_meshio.py to define its python functions before be called set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(line) 2 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(triangle) 3 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(quad) 4 set m [GiD_Python_Call gid_meshio.my_meshio_read_mesh $filename]meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(quad8) 8 set meshio_num_nodes_coordinates [lindex [MeshIo::PythonArrayToTclList [lindex $m 0]] 0] #e.g.[lindex $m 1] == {<meshio CellBlock, type: triangle, num cells: 156, tags: []>} set meshio_element_types_and_connectivities [MeshIo::PythonArrayToTclList [lindex $m 2]] set layer [GiD_Layers get to_use]_per_cell(tetra) 4 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(hexahedron) 8 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(hexahedron20) 20 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(hexahedron24) 24 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(wedge) 6 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(pyramid) 5 #quadratic set offsetmeshio_num_nodes [GiD_Info mesh MaxNumNodes] _per_cell(line3) 3 set offset_elements [GiD_Info mesh MaxNumElements]meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(triangle6) 6 set last_element_id $offset_elementsmeshio_num_nodes_per_cell(quad9) 9 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(tetra10) 10 #better useset GiDmeshio_MeshPre_Create with same syintax as GiD_MeshPost (and some day could be implemented to be faster in C++) num_nodes_per_cell(hexahedron27) 27 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(wedge15) 15 set meshio_num_nodes [llength $nodes_coordinates] _per_cell(wedge18) 18 set node_ids [objarray new_from_to intarray [expr $offset_nodes+1] [expr $offset_nodes+$num_nodes]] meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(pyramid13) 13 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(pyramid14) 14 set vertices [objarray new doublearray [expr $num_nodes*3]] #degree 3 set i 0 meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(line4) 4 foreach node $nodes_coordinates {set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(triangle10) 10 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(quad16) 16 foreach value $node { set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(tetra20) 20 objarray set $vertices $i $valueset meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(wedge40) 40 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(hexahedron64) 64 #degree 4 incr i set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(line5) 5 } set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(triangle15) 15 } foreachset {meshio_elementnum_type meshio_connectivities} $meshio_element_types_and_connectivities { nodes_per_cell(quad25) 25 set element_type ""meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(tetra35) 35 set elementmeshio_num_nodes 0_per_cell(wedge75) 75 if { [info exists meshio_gid_element($meshio_element_type)] } {set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(hexahedron125) 125 #degree 5 set element_type $meshio_gid_element($meshio_element_type) meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(line6) 6 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(triangle21) 21 set element_num_nodes $meshiomeshio_num_nodes_per_cell($meshio_element_typequad36) 36 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(tetra56) 56 } else { set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(wedge126) 126 W "element $meshio_element_type not supported"set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(hexahedron216) 216 #degree 6 continueset meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(line7) 7 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(triangle28) 28 } set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(quad49) 49 set elements [lindex $meshio_connectivities 0] meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(tetra84) 84 set meshio_num_elements [llength $elements] nodes_per_cell(wedge196) 196 set element_ids [objarray new_from_to intarray [expr $last_element_id+1] [expr $last_element_id+$num_elements]] meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(hexahedron343) 343 #degree 7 set element_vertex_indices [objarray new intarray [expr $num_elements*$element_num_nodes]] meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(line8) 8 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(triangle36) 36 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(quad64) 64 set i 0 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(tetra120) 120 foreach element $elements {set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(wedge288) 288 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(hexahedron512) 512 #degree 8 foreach node_id $element { set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(line9) 9 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(triangle45) 45 set objarray set $element_vertex_indices $i [expr $node_id+$offset_nodes+1] meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(quad81) 81 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(tetra165) 165 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(wedge405) 405 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(hexahedron729) 729 incr i #degree 9 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(line10) 10 } set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(triangle55) 55 } set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(quad100) 100 set zero_based_array 0meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(tetra220) 220 GiD_MeshPre_Create $element_type $elementset meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(wedge550) 550 set meshio_num_nodes $node_ids $vertices $element_ids $element_vertex_indices $zero_based_array $layer _per_cell(hexahedron1000) 1000 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(hexahedron1331) 1331 #degree 10 incrset last_element_id $num_elements } return $fail }meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(line11) 11 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(triangle66) 66 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(quad121) 121 set meshio_num_nodes_per_cell(tetra286) 286 #linear and serendipit set meshio_gid_element(vertex) point set meshio_gid_element(line) line set meshio_gid_element(triangle) triangle set meshio_gid_element(quad) quadrilateral set meshio_gid_element(tetra) tetrahedra set meshio_gid_element(hexahedron) hexahedra set meshio_gid_element(wedge) prism set meshio_gid_element(pyramid) pyramid #quadratic set meshio_gid_element(line3) line set meshio_gid_element(triangle6) triangle set meshio_gid_element(quad8) quadrilateral set meshio_gid_element(quad9) quadrilateral set meshio_gid_element(tetra10) tetrahedra set meshio_gid_element(hexahedron20) hexahedra set meshio_gid_element(hexahedron27) hexahedra set meshio_gid_element(wedge15) prism set meshio_gid_element(pyramid13) pyramid ... } proc MeshIo::ReadPreUnstructuredMesh { filename } { set fail 0 variable meshio_gid_element variable meshio_num_nodes_per_cell MeshIo::Import_gid_meshio_py ;#to load in python the file gid_meshio.py to define its python functions before be called set m [GiD_Python_Call gid_meshio.my_meshio_read_mesh $filename] set nodes_coordinates [lindex [MeshIo::PythonArrayToTclList [lindex $m 0]] 0] #e.g.[lindex $m 1] == {<meshio CellBlock, type: triangle, num cells: 156, tags: []>} set meshio_element_types_and_connectivities [MeshIo::PythonArrayToTclList [lindex $m 2]] set layer [GiD_Layers get to_use] set offset_nodes [GiD_Info mesh MaxNumNodes] set offset_elements [GiD_Info mesh MaxNumElements] set last_element_id $offset_elements #better use GiD_MeshPre_Create with same syintax as GiD_MeshPost (and some day could be implemented to be faster in C++) set num_nodes [llength $nodes_coordinates] set node_ids [objarray new_from_to intarray [expr $offset_nodes+1] [expr $offset_nodes+$num_nodes]] set vertices [objarray new doublearray [expr $num_nodes*3]] set i 0 foreach node $nodes_coordinates { foreach value $node { objarray set $vertices $i $value incr i } } foreach {meshio_element_type meshio_connectivities} $meshio_element_types_and_connectivities { set element_type "" set element_num_nodes 0 if { [info exists meshio_gid_element($meshio_element_type)] } { set element_type $meshio_gid_element($meshio_element_type) set element_num_nodes $meshio_num_nodes_per_cell($meshio_element_type) } else { W "element $meshio_element_type not supported" continue } set elements [lindex $meshio_connectivities 0] set num_elements [llength $elements] set element_ids [objarray new_from_to intarray [expr $last_element_id+1] [expr $last_element_id+$num_elements]] set element_vertex_indices [objarray new intarray [expr $num_elements*$element_num_nodes]] set i 0 foreach element $elements { foreach node_id $element { objarray set $element_vertex_indices $i [expr $node_id+$offset_nodes+1] incr i } } set zero_based_array 0 GiD_MeshPre_Create $element_type $element_num_nodes $node_ids $vertices $element_ids $element_vertex_indices $zero_based_array $layer incr last_element_id $num_elements } return $fail } |
This import plugin is calling Python files and modules, like meshio and numpy, from Tcl code functions.
The export feature is implemented in two alternative ways:
For Tcl-programmers, with most code in Tcl.
For Python-programmers: with most code in Python.
Note that only the second approach is bi-directional and will invoke Tcl commands (of the GiD interpreter) from Python by first importing the tohil
module in Python:
Tcl-programmers: Ask GiD for its current mesh data with Tcl, and transforms this data with Tcl code to the format expected by the Python meshio module and then call a Python function that creates a meshio.Mesh and writes it to file with the desired format.
Python-programmes: From Tcl, call some Python code that asks GiD for the mesh information using Tcl commands, and processes this data with Python to create a meshio.Mesh and writes it to file with the desired format.
The implementation of 1. is something like this:
meshio.tcl
(big code)
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proc MeshIo::Init { } {
variable meshio_element_name
...
set meshio_element_name(point,1) vertex
set meshio_element_name(line,2) line
set meshio_element_name(triangle,3) triangle
set meshio_element_name(quadrilateral,4) quad
set meshio_element_name(tetrahedra,4) tetra
set meshio_element_name(hexahedra,8) hexahedron
set meshio_element_name(prism,6) wedge
set meshio_element_name(pyramid,5) pyramid
#quadratic
set meshio_element_name(line,3) line3
set meshio_element_name(triangle,6) triangle6
set meshio_element_name(quadrilateral,8) quad8
set meshio_element_name(quadrilateral,9) quad9
set meshio_element_name(tetrahedra,10) tetra10
set meshio_element_name(hexahedra,20) hexahedron20
set meshio_element_name(hexahedra,27) hexahedron27
set meshio_element_name(prism,15) wedge15
set meshio_element_name(pyramid,13) pyramid13
}
proc MeshIo::TclObjarrayToPythonArrayPoints { node_xyzs } {
set points ""
lassign $node_xyzs xs ys zs
set num_nodes [objarray length $xs]
for {set i_node 0} {$i_node<$num_nodes} {incr i_node} {
set x [objarray get $xs $i_node]
set y [objarray get $ys $i_node]
set z [objarray get $zs $i_node]
append points "\[$x,$y,$z\],"
}
return "\[$points\]"
}
proc MeshIo::TclObjarrayToPythonArrayConnectivities { element_num_nodes connectivities } {
set cells ""
set num_elements [expr [objarray length $connectivities]/$element_num_nodes]
set i 0
for {set i_element 0} {$i_element<$num_elements} {incr i_element} {
set node_ids [list]
for {set i_node 0} {$i_node<$element_num_nodes} {incr i_node} {
lappend node_ids [objarray get $connectivities $i]
incr i
}
append cells "\[[join $node_ids ,]\],"
}
return "\[$cells\]"
}
proc MeshIo::WritePreUnstructuredMesh { filename } {
variable meshio_element_name
MeshIo::Import_gid_meshio_py ;#to load in python the file gid_meshio.py to define its python functions before be called
# coordinates
lassign [GiD_Info mesh nodes -array] node_ids node_xyzs
set max_id_nodes [objarray get $node_ids end]
set num_nodes [objarray length [lindex $node_xyzs 0]]
set new_node_ids ""
set nodes_renumbered_for_meshio 0
if { $max_id_nodes != $num_nodes } {
set nodes_renumbered_for_meshio 1
set new_node_ids [objarray new_from_to intarray 0 [expr $num_nodes-1]]
}
set points [MeshIo::TclObjarrayToPythonArrayPoints $node_xyzs]
set cells "\["
foreach element_type {linear triangle quadrilateral tetrahedra pyramid prism hexahedra } {
set elements_data [lindex [GiD_Info mesh elements $element_type -array2] 0]
if { [llength $elements_data] } {
lassign $elements_data element_type_ret element_ids connectivities materials
set num_elements_block [objarray length $element_ids]
if { $num_elements_block } {
if { $nodes_renumbered_for_meshio } {
objarray renumber $connectivities $node_ids $new_node_ids
} else {
objarray incr $connectivities -1 ;#meshio is zero based
}
set some_element_id [objarray get $element_ids 0]
set element_num_nodes [llength [GiD_Mesh get element $some_element_id connectivities]]
set meshio_etype $meshio_element_name($element_type,$element_num_nodes)
append cells "(\"$meshio_etype\",[MeshIo::TclObjarrayToPythonArrayConnectivities $element_num_nodes $connectivities]),"
}
}
}
append cells "\]"
set result [GiD_Python_Call gid_meshio.my_meshio_write_mesh $points $cells $filename]
return 0
} |
gid_meshio.py
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import meshio
def my_meshio_write_mesh(points,cells,filename):
#trick, use ast.literal_eval to convert from string to list representation
import ast
points=ast.literal_eval(points)
cells=ast.literal_eval(cells)
mesh=meshio.Mesh(points,cells)
result=mesh.write(filename)
return result |
The implementation of 2. is something like this:
meshio.tcl
(small code)
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proc MeshIo::WritePreUnstructuredMesh2 { filename } {
MeshIo::Import_gid_meshio_py ;#to load in python the file gid_meshio.py to define its python functions before be called
set result [GiD_Python_Call gid_meshio.my_meshio_write_mesh2 $filename]
return 0
} |
gid_meshio.py
(big code)
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import numpy as np
import tohil
import meshio
#to create functions and variables for all tcl available ones
tcl=tohil.import_tcl()
gid_to_meshio_type = {
"sphere,1":"vertex",
"point,1":"vertex",
"line,2":"line",
"triangle,3":"triangle",
"quadrilateral,4":"quad",
"tetrahedra,4":"tetra",
"hexahedra,8":"hexahedron",
"prism,6":"wedge",
"pyramid,5":"pyramid",
#quadratic
"line,3":"line3",
"triangle,6":"triangle6",
"quadrilateral,8":"quad8",
"quadrilateral,9":"quad9",
"tetrahedra,10":"tetra10",
"hexahedra,20":"hexahedron20",
"hexahedra,27":"hexahedron27",
"prism,15":"wedge15",
"pyramid,13":"pyramid13",
}
def gid_points_to_meshio_points(node_xyzs):
xs,ys,zs=node_xyzs
num_nodes=len(xs)
points=np.empty((num_nodes,3))
for i_node in range(num_nodes):
points[i_node]=(float(xs[i_node]),float(ys[i_node]),float(zs[i_node]))
#points[:, 0] = xs[:]
#points[:, 1] = ys[:]
#points[:, 2] = zs[:]
return points
def gid_elements_to_meshio_cells(element_num_nodes,connectivities):
cells=[]
#operator // is for integer division
num_elements=len(connectivities)//element_num_nodes
i=0
for i_element in range(num_elements):
node_ids=[]
for i_node in range(element_num_nodes):
node_ids.append(connectivities[i])
i+=1
cells.append(node_ids)
return cells
def tohil_obj_array_int_to_numpy(items):
num_items=len(items)
numpy_array=np.empty(num_items,np.int64)
for i in range(num_items) :
numpy_array[i]=int(items[i])
return numpy_array
def numpy_renumber(connectivities,old_node_ids,new_node_ids):
fail=0
length_connectivities=len(connectivities)
length_old_ids=len(old_node_ids)
length_new_ids=len(new_node_ids)
if(length_old_ids==length_new_ids):
max_old_id=np.max(old_node_ids)
new_number=np.empty(max_old_id,np.int32)
for i in range(length_old_ids) :
new_number[old_node_ids[i]]=new_node_ids[i]
for i in range(length_connectivities) :
connectivities[i]=new_number[connectivities[i]]
else:
fail=1
return connectivities
def numpy_incr(connectivities,increment):
connectivities=connectivities+increment
return connectivities
#similar to my_meshio_write_mesh but asking GiD data from python and processing this data here
def my_meshio_write_mesh2(filename):
info_nodes=tuple(tcl.GiD_Info('mesh','nodes','-array'))
node_ids,node_xyzs=info_nodes
#tcl.W(node_ids)
#tcl.W(node_xyzs)
max_id_nodes=int(node_ids[-1])
num_nodes=len(node_ids)
nodes_renumbered_for_meshio=False
if (max_id_nodes != num_nodes):
nodes_renumbered_for_meshio=True
new_node_ids=np.arange(num_nodes)
points=gid_points_to_meshio_points(node_xyzs)
cells = []
for element_type in ['linear','triangle','quadrilateral','tetrahedra','pyramid','prism','hexahedra']:
info_elements=tuple(tcl.GiD_Info('mesh','elements',element_type,'-array2'))
if (len(info_elements)):
#tcl.W(info_elements)
elements_data=info_elements[0]
element_type_ret,element_ids_original,connectivities_original,materials=elements_data
element_ids=tohil_obj_array_int_to_numpy(tuple(element_ids_original))
connectivities=tohil_obj_array_int_to_numpy(tuple(connectivities_original))
num_elements_block=len(element_ids)
if (num_elements_block):
if (nodes_renumbered_for_meshio):
connectivities=numpy_renumber(connectivities,node_ids,new_node_ids)
else:
connectivities=numpy_incr(connectivities,-1)
some_element_id=element_ids[0]
element_num_nodes=len(tcl.GiD_Mesh('get','element',some_element_id,'connectivities'))
key=element_type+','+str(element_num_nodes)
meshio_etype=gid_to_meshio_type[key]
cells.append((meshio_etype,gid_elements_to_meshio_cells(element_num_nodes,connectivities)))
mesh=meshio.Mesh(points,cells)
result=mesh.write(filename)
return result |
Note that in this case Python uses commands to call Tcl like these:
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import tohil
tcl=tohil.import_tcl()
info_nodes=tuple(tcl.GiD_Info('mesh','nodes','-array'))
info_elements=tuple(tcl.GiD_Info('mesh','elements',element_type,'-array2'))
#tcl.W(node_ids) #to show information in a GiD message window for debug
element_num_nodes=len(tcl.GiD_Mesh('get','element',some_element_id,'connectivities')) |
To know the syntax of GiD-Tcl added commands (like GiD_Info or GiD_Mesh) read the GiD Customization Manual: TCL AND TK EXTENSION