**geof_format

Description

This mesher is used to convert the mesh format from ASCII based, human readable form to a binary file, and back again. Please note that the binary file will be read by Zebulon and Zmaster much faster than the formatted mesh, and will also take up less disk space.

Syntax

The command has the following syntax:

**geof_format \(~\,\) *format file-name \(~\,\) *unformat file-name

The options *format and *unformat set the operation to respectively convert the current mesh file to a formatted .geof file, or convert the formatted file to a binary .geo file. The default operation is to format the mesh. The mesh will be immediately saved using the current mesh name (set after the ***mesh command). Thus mesher commands after the **geof_format will not be included in that mesh file.

Note

Alternatively, the mesh is automatically saved in binary mode if its filename ends with .geo, as in ***mesh mymesh.geo.