[Nek5000-users] Connectivety

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Hi Antonios,

I could be wrong but I think that the only connectivity information that 
Nek5000 need comes from global vertexi element numbering genereated by 
.map file which is in turn produced by running genmap on .rea file

Best,
Aleks


On Thu, 9 Dec 2010, nek5000-users at lists.mcs.anl.gov wrote:

> Hello Paul,
> I have a question about the connectivity of the elements.
> In the old rea file format (which we convert to the new binary with
> reatore2) we have listed the Element geometrical date and after that the
> Boundary conditions and connectivity data.
> My question is whether the connectivity of the elements stated there is
> actually used or it is somehow re-computed while the code runs based on
> the node coordinates. I am talking specifically about the connectivity
> between the elements, not the boundary conditions with the "outside world".
> Best regards,
> Antonios
>
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