[CIG-LONG] Can Gale load mesh created by other software?

[Walter Landry]

Jiangzhi Chen <jiangzhi at uoregon.edu> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
>      I am trying to use Gale to simulate continental collision zone. I 
> wonder if there is a way to use some geometry model and mesh generated 
> by other software like cubit or gid. The manual does not mention that so 
> I want to know if anyone has ever done that. Thanks very much.

There is no simple way to import a mesh.  The way that some people
have done this is to write a program that generates an input file.
Inside the input file, there are lots of little boxes covering the
whole simulation.

Cheers,
Walter Landry
walter at geodynamics.org