Mesh Generation for Computational Science in Python

Question

I have a need for a Python module/package that provides a mesh on which I can do computational science? I am not doing graphics, so I don\'t think the blender package is wha

Answer 1

If you're trying to solve FE or CFD style equations on a mesh you can use MeshPy in 2 and 3 dimensions. Meshpy is a nice wrapper around the existing tools tetgen and triangle.

If you're looking for more typical graphics style meshes, there was an interesting talk at PyCon 2011 "Algorithmic Generation of OpenGL Geometry", which described a pragmatic approach to procedural mesh generation. The code from the presentation is available online

If you're interested in reconstruction of surfaces from data, you can't go past the Standford 3D Scanning Repository, home of the Stanford Bunny

Edit:

A dependancy free alternative may be to use something like gmsh, which is platform independent, and uses similar tools to meshpy in its back-end.