Gmsh Reviews & Product Details

The best part of Gmsh is that it's open-soruce. Meshers are generally expensive and complex so the open-sourceness is it's main advantage. Secondly, despite being open source, it's pretty powerful! It allows you to make structured and unstructured meshes and import complex geometries from other softwares. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Most of the complex options aren't available through the GUI, so scripting is required. Also the GUI sometimes mess up with the backend script, so the scripting part is pretty much mandatory. Finally, there scripting is not intuitive at all, and the documentation is weak. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

How powerful the software is and that it just *works*. Fixed many issues for me in my FE modeling projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nomenclature is non-standard and unintuitive at times. Menu style is very unusual, simple tools and features are buried in places they don't belong. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

3d finite element mesh generator.

Can import different geometry formats and mesh it easily using tetrahedral mesh. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Script language is limited.

Hex mesh is a bit tricky.

Not as such disadvantages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to install, use and create 3D geometries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Controlling colors for different geometries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One can create mesh using commands as a script language in a text file Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

More training examples can make usage very easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fast processing

Simple GUI

Ease scripting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GUI Cold include additional options to mesh complex geometry like selection option and mesh setting specifying options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is user friendly, easy to learn and use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has bug.

Keeps shutting down at times.

The instructions in the script do not reflect at times to the drawing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the possible to use scripts, free and can be used in different platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

absence of a good boundary layers approach, fewer export options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User process control of meshing is superb. Really appreciate the command line scripting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Steep learning curve. User manual not clear in several topics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gmsh is an open-source and can couple with Google Cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GUI is not very user-friendly at the first use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.