| mesh | ndimension | ndimension | nodes_per | faces_per | edges_per |
| name | geom | topo | element | element | element |
| tet | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| hex | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
| pri(sm) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| pyr(amid) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| tri(angle) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| qua(d) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| hyb(rid) | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| lin(e) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| triplane | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Note: If values are supplied for npoints and/or nelements space
is allocated, but values are not entered for the mesh object attributes:
nnodes
and nelements