Gmsh Changelog

What's new in Gmsh 2.9.1

Mar 25, 2015
  • minor bug fixes.

New in Gmsh 2.9.0 (Mar 25, 2015)

  • improved robustness of spatial searches (extruded meshes, geometry coherence);
  • improved reproductibility of 2D and 3D meshes;
  • added support for high resolution ("retina") graphics;
  • interactive graph point commands;
  • on-the-fly creation of onelab clients in scripts;
  • general periodic meshes using afine transforms;
  • scripted selection of entities in bounding boxes;
  • extended string and list handling functions;
  • many small improvements and bug fixes.

New in Gmsh 2.8.5 (Dec 29, 2014)

  • Improved stability and error handling
  • Better Coherence function
  • Updated onelab API version and inline parameter definitions
  • New background image modes
  • More robust Triangulate/Tetrahedralize plugins
  • New PGF output
  • Improved support for string~index variable names in parser
  • Small improvements and bug fixes all over the place

New in Gmsh 2.8.4 (Feb 8, 2014)

  • This version provides better reproductibility for 2D meshes, a new mandatory 'Name' attribute to define onelab variables, and small improvements and bug fixes.

New in Gmsh 2.8.3 (Oct 11, 2013)

  • This version introduces a new quick access menu, multiple view selection in the GUI, more powerful animation creation, and many small enhancements and bug fixes.

New in Gmsh 2.6.1 (Jul 16, 2012)

  • This version contains minor improvements and bugfixes.

New in Gmsh 2.5.0 (Oct 18, 2010)

  • This version introduces new compound geometrical entities for remeshing and/or trans-patch meshing, an improved mesh reclassification tool, and a new client/server visualization mode.
  • Amongst other new features are the ability to watch a pattern of files to merge and integrated MPEG support.

New in Gmsh 2.4.1 (Sep 2, 2009)

  • This release fixes a surface mesh orientation bug introduced in release 2.4.0 and includes substantial mesh and graphics code refactoring, as well as small usability enhancements and bugfixes.

New in Gmsh 2.3.1 (Mar 19, 2009)

  • This release removes the GSL dependency (Gmsh now simply uses BLAS and Lapack), adds better support for multi-window rendering, and fixes various bugs.

New in Gmsh 2.3.0 (Jan 23, 2009)

  • This release introduces a major refactoring of the graphics and GUI code, adds a new full-quad/hexa subdivision algorithm and automatic adaptive visualization for high-order simplices, and improves the visibility browser and the automatic transfinite corner selection.

New in Gmsh 2.2.6 (Nov 21, 2008)

  • This release improves the transfinite algorithm, introduces a new uniform mesh refinement scheme, and fixes the high order meshing crashes observed on Windows and Linux.

New in Gmsh 2.2.5 (Oct 25, 2008)

  • This release provides various small improvements (STL and VTK mesh IO, Netgen upgrade, Visual C++ support, and Fields) and bugfixes (pyramid interpolation, Chaco crashes).