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  <!ENTITY dhfirstname "<firstname>Christophe</firstname>">
  <!ENTITY dhsurname   "<surname>Prud'homme</surname>">
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  <!ENTITY dhemail     "<email>prudhomm@debian.org</email>">
  <!ENTITY dhusername  "Christophe Prud'homme">
  <!ENTITY dhucpackage "<refentrytitle>NETGEN</refentrytitle>">
  <!ENTITY dhpackage   "netgen">

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  <refentryinfo>
    <address>
      &dhemail;
    </address>
    <author>
      &dhfirstname;
      &dhsurname;
    </author>
    <copyright>
      <year>2003</year>
      <holder>&dhusername;</prudhomm></holder>
    </copyright>
    &dhdate;
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  <refmeta>
    &dhucpackage;

    &dhsection;
  </refmeta>
  <refnamediv>
    <refname>&dhpackage;</refname>

    <refpurpose>Automatic 3d tetrahedral mesh generator</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>&dhpackage;</command>

      <arg>OPTIONS...</arg>
      <arg>file.geo</arg>

    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
  <refsect1>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

    <para>This manual page documents briefly the
      <command>&dhpackage;</command> and <command>bar</command>
      commands.</para>

    <para>This manual page was written for the &debian; distribution
      because the original program does not have a manual page.</para>

    <para><command>&dhpackage;</command> is an automatic mesh
   generation tool for two and three dimensions.  Netgen generates
   triangular or quadrilateral meshes in 2D, and tetrahedral meshes in
   3D.</para>

    <para>The input for 2D is described by spline curves, and the
   input for 3D problems is either defined by constructive solid
   geometries, or by the standard STL file format.  Netgen contains
   modules for mesh optimization and hierarchical mesh refinement.
   Curved elements are supported of arbitrary order.</para>

    <para>Homepage: http://www.mathcces.rwth-aachen.de/netgen/doku.php</para>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>OPTIONS</title>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
	<term><option>-geofile=filename</option>
	</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Input geometry file (alternative:  netgen filename)</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      
      <varlistentry>
	<term><option>-meshfile=filename</option>
	</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Output mesh file</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      
      <varlistentry>
	<term><option>-verycoarse</option>
	  <option>-coarse</option>
	  <option>-moderate</option>
	  <option>-fine</option>
	  <option>-veryfine</option>
	</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Automatic mesh-size selection</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      
      <varlistentry>
	    <term><option>--meshfiletype=type</option>
	    </term>
	    <listitem>
	      <para>Filetype of output file, default is netgen file</para>
	    </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      </varlistentry>
	  <varlistentry>
	    <term><option>--batchmode</option>
	    </term>
	    <listitem>
	      <para>Run in batchmode</para>
	    </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-V</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
	      <para>Print additional information</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>


  <refsect1>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>

    <para>gmsh (1)</para>

  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>AUTHOR</title>

    <para>This manual page was written by &dhusername; &dhemail; for
      the &debian; system (but may be used by others).  Permission is
      granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
      the terms of the &gnu; General Public License, Version 2 any 
	  later version published by the Free Software Foundation.</prudhomm>
    </para>
	<para>
	  On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
	  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
	</para>

  </refsect1>
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