The retrieval of general information about a mesh is illustrated in the following C++ example. Its Python equivalent can be found in MESHgeneral.py. This example illustrates how to retrieve the name, description, mesh and space dimensions.
// Copyright (C) 2007-2008 CEA/DEN, EDF R&D, OPEN CASCADE // // Copyright (C) 2003-2007 OPEN CASCADE, EADS/CCR, LIP6, CEA/DEN, // CEDRAT, EDF R&D, LEG, PRINCIPIA R&D, BUREAU VERITAS // // This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or // modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public // License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either // version 2.1 of the License. // // This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU // Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public // License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software // Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA // // See http://www.salome-platform.org/ or email : webmaster.salome@opencascade.com // using namespace std; #include "MEDMEM_Mesh.hxx" using namespace MEDMEM ; int main (int argc, char ** argv) { const string MedFile = "pointe.med" ; const string MeshName = "maa1" ; // create a MESH object by reading it on file : MESH myMesh(MED_DRIVER,MedFile,MeshName) ; string Name = myMesh.getName() ; if (Name != MeshName) { cout << "Error when reading mesh name : We ask for mesh #" << MeshName <<"# and we get mesh #"<< Name <<"#"<< endl << endl ; return -1; } cout << "Mesh name : " << Name << endl << endl ; int SpaceDimension = myMesh.getSpaceDimension() ; int MeshDimension = myMesh.getMeshDimension() ; cout << "Space Dimension : " << SpaceDimension << endl << endl ; cout << "Mesh Dimension : " << MeshDimension << endl << endl ; return 0 ; }