readable DIMENSION [text] number of dimension\ NODE number of nodes 0.0 0.0 [x1-coordinate, x2-coordinate, ...] 1.0 0.0 ... ELEMENT number of elements 4 1 1 2 3 4 [element type, property type, node number 1, node number 2, ...] 4 3 1 4 5 6 ... BOUNDARY CONDITION number of boundary condition [only homogenous Dirichlet condition] 2 1 [node number, direction number] 6 2 ... FORCE number of force [only non-zero force] 3 2 -2.0 [node number, direction number] 4 2 -2.0 ... PHYSICAL PROPERTY 1 1.0 1.0 [property number, physical properties...] ... OTHERS [parameters for calculations...] For element type, refer to page 9 in www.vtk.org/VTK/img/file-formats.pdf ex. triangle = 5 polygon = 7 quad = 9 tetra = 10 hexahedron = 12