3D mesh ASCII file format

OBJECT MESH3D Geomechanical Model

[CRS Authority Code Name HorizontalUnit]

CSYSTEM 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

UNKNOWN -999.25

UNITS ft ft ft deg deg

COLOR 216 216 216 127

NODES

…

ELEMENTS

…

Keywords (the order of these keywords does not matter, except from the OBJECT keyword – this keyword should always be the first one – and that the Readings are always at the end)

Keyword	Description	Optional	Comment
MESH3D	Specifies the object type in this file	No	One value is expected: 1. Name of the 3D Mesh
NODES	Specifies the nodes of the 3D Mesh	No
ELEMENTS	Specifies the elements of the 3D Mesh	No
NODESET	Specifies the node sets of the 3D Mesh	Yes
ELEMENTSET	Specifies the element sets  of the 3D Mesh	Yes

Example

OBJECT MESH3D OneElementMesh3d

CRS EPSG 6391 "Cayman Islands National Grid 2011" ft

CSYSTEM 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

UNKNOWN -999.25

UNITS m m m deg deg

COLOR 216 216 216 127

NODES

1 0.0 0.0 0.0

2 50.0 0.0 0.0

3 0.0 100.0 0.0

4 0.0 0.0 30.0

ELEMENTS

1 TE12L 1 2 3 4