# Import a mesh created with Gmsh

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/import-a-mesh-created-with-gmsh/2499
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 3, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/import-a-mesh-created-with-gmsh/2499 "2019-09-03T09:26:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![cesarhndz](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cesarhndz/32/1961_2.png) [@cesarhndz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cesarhndz)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/import-a-mesh-created-with-gmsh/2499/1 "2019-09-03T09:26:20Z")

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Hi, I’m interested in importing a mesh created with Gmsh, is there a way to do it?. I have the mesh in .msh and .lsm formats

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/import-a-mesh-created-with-gmsh/2499/2 "2019-09-03T09:28:42Z")

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the gmshIO plugin is available in ParaView, since ParaView 5.10

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Previous outdated answer:

.msh file are supported by a ParaView plugin.  
You will have to build ParaView yourself to access this plugin.

[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/blob/master/Plugins/GmshReader/README.md](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/blob/master/Plugins/GmshReader/README.md)

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### Author: ![tianyikillua](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/tianyikillua/32/12200_2.png) [@tianyikillua](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/tianyikillua)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/import-a-mesh-created-with-gmsh/2499/3 "2019-10-23T15:36:48Z")

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Have a look at [paraview-meshio-reader](https://github.com/tianyikillua/paraview-meshio-reader).

It’s a Python plugin that allows you to read all [meshio](https://github.com/nschloe/meshio)-supported mesh formats, including thus gmsh.

 ![](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/dbdaff4922542a89a04d2a8402fc7958cce18502.png)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/import-a-mesh-created-with-gmsh/2499/4 "2023-08-16T11:59:03Z")

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Updated for the gmshIO plugin

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/import-a-mesh-created-with-gmsh/2499/5 "2024-04-04T15:19:49Z")

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