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Time Narration
00:01 Hello and welcome to the spoken tutorial on Installing and running Gmsh.
00:08 In this tutorial we will learn how to
  • Install and run Gmsh and
  • Create a basic geometry in Gmsh
00:18 As a pre-requisite, the user should have basic knowledge about mesh.
00:24 To record this tutorial, I am using
  • Ubuntu Linux Operating system version 12.04 and
  • Gmsh version 2.8.5
00:34 Let me introduce you to Gmsh.Gmsh is
  • an automatic 3-D finite element mesh generator,
  • with built-in pre and post-processing facilities.
  • It's an Open-source software.
00:51 It is advantageous in creating complex geometries in gmsh than blockmesh utility of OpenFOAM.
  • like blades, aerofoil.
  • OpenFOAM supports importing mesh from third party meshing software like Gmsh.
01:08 Let me show you how to install Gmsh.

Gmsh can be installed using Synaptic Package Manager.

01:15 Let me open Synaptic Package Manager for you.It will ask for your password. Type in your password.
01:25 In the search box type gmsh and Click on the checkbox in front of gmsh. And click on Mark for installation.Click on Apply.
01:40 Again click Apply.This might take some time. Your Gmsh is now installed.
01:50 Alternately, you can also download Gmsh from the Gmsh website.Let me open the browser for you.
01:59 In the address bar, type: http://geuz.org/gmsh/ andPress Enter.
02:09 Scroll down to Downloads and select the current stable release according to your operating system.I will select Linux 64-bit. Click on Save file and press Ok.
02:26 After finishing your download, go to the Downloads folder.
02:31 Here you can see the tar file. Extract this file.A new folder will be created.
02:41 Open the folder. Go to bin and click on gmsh icon.
02:49 You can see the Gmsh start screen.Now we will create a cube using Gmsh.
02:57 Here you can see the cube with side equal to one unit.
03:03 Let me switch back to Gmsh.On the left hand side, you can see the module tree with Geometry, Mesh and Solver.
03:14 Go to Geometry - Elementary entitites Click on Add.Click on Point. A new window will appear.
03:25 Enter the X,Y and Z coordinates starting with (0 0 0) and press Enter.
03:34 Enter the second coordinate as (1 0 0) and press Enter.third coordinate as (1 1 0) and press Enter.fourth coordinate as (0 1 0) and press Enter.
03:53 Similarly, Add the coordinates for the positive z-direction starting with point (0 0 1) and press Enter.Enter the remaining three coordinates and close the window.
04:10 I have entered all the eight coordinates. Use the left mouse click to move the points.
04:18 You can see all the 8 coordinates as points.
04:23 Now, click on Straight line. It will ask for a start point .Select the first point.
04:33 It will ask for end point .Select the end point.
04:37 A line will be drawn between the two points.Similarly, join all the points.
04:45 Press q to abort.
04:49 Now we will define the faces of the cube.Click on plain surface.It will ask for the surface boundary.
04:59 Select the edges of the bottom face first.You will notice that the edge we select, turns red in color.
05:08 It will ask for hole boundaries, if any.Since we do not have any hole in the boundary, press e to end the selection.
05:19 You will notice that the the face will appear with dashed centre lines. Now define the top face.
05:29 Similarly, define the remaining faces.I have defined all the faces. Press q to abort.
05:39 Now, we will define the volume of the cube.It will ask for the volumeboundary.
05:47 Select any of the surface boundary and press e to end selection.
05:55 A yellow dot appears at the centre of the cube, which represents the volume.Press q to abort.
06:04 Now, we will define the physical groups, which will be used in exporting the geometry to OpenFOAM.
06:13 Go to Physical Group - Add and click on Surface.
06:19 Select the front surface first and press e to end the selection.Select the back surface and press e to end the selection.
06:31 Similarly, select the remaining surfaces. I have selected all the surfaces. Press q to abort.
06:41 Now, we'll define the physical volume.Click on Volume. It will ask for volume.Click on the yellow dot at the centre of the cube.
06:53 The yellow dot will turn red in color. Press e to end selection. Press q to abort.
07:02 Our cube is complete. Let us save our work.
07:07 Go to File - Save as.We will name our file as cube.geo
07:15 Note that here geo stands for geometry. Click Ok.Again click Ok.
07:23 This brings us to the end of this tutorial.As an assignment, create other simple geometry in Gmsh like cylinder and sphere.
07:35 In this tutorial we learnt :
  • To install and run Gmsh using Synaptic Package Manager and website.
  • Created a cube using Gmsh.
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08:11 The script was created by Gautam Sharma and this is Rahul Joshi from IIT BOMBAY signing off.Thanks for joining.

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