don't save node/element data by default

Geo/GModel.h

@@ -353,9 +353,6 @@ class GModel
   void createTopologyFromMesh();
   void createTopologyFromFaces(std::vector<discreteFace*> &pFaces);
 
-  // compute distance function
-  void computeDistanceFunction();
-
   // a container for smooth normals
   smooth_normals *normals;
 

Geo/MElement.h

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class MElement
 
   // get the vertex using the VTK ordering
   virtual MVertex *getVertexVTK(int num){ return getVertex(num); }
+
   // get the vertex using the Nastran BDF ordering
   virtual MVertex *getVertexBDF(int num){ return getVertex(num); }
 

Geo/MVertex.cpp

@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ void MVertex::registerBindings(binding *b)
   cm->setDescription("return the invariant vertex id");
   cm = cb->addMethod("getPolynomialOrder", &MVertex::getPolynomialOrder);
   cm->setDescription("return the polynomial order of vertex");
-  cm = cb->addMethod("setPolynomialOrder", &MVertex::setPolynomialOrder_binding);
+  cm = cb->addMethod("setPolynomialOrder", &MVertex::setPolynomialOrder);
   cm->setDescription("assign the polynomial order of vertex");
   cm->setArgNames("order",NULL);
 }

Geo/MVertex.h

@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ class MVertex{
   
   // get the "polynomial order" of the vertex
   inline int getPolynomialOrder(){ return _order; }
-  inline void setPolynomialOrder(char order){ _order = order; }
-  inline void setPolynomialOrder_binding(int order){ _order = order; }
+  inline void setPolynomialOrder(int order){ _order = (char)order; }
 
   // get/set the coordinates
   inline double x() const { return _x; }

Post/PViewDataGModelIO.cpp

@@ -129,14 +129,32 @@ bool PViewDataGModel::writeMSH(std::string fileName, bool binary)
 
   GModel *model = _steps[0]->getModel();
 
+  bool writeNodesAndElements = false;
+  FILE *fp;
+  if(writeNodesAndElements){
     if(!model->writeMSH(fileName, 2.0, binary)) return false;
-
     // append data
-  FILE *fp = fopen(fileName.c_str(), binary ? "ab" : "a");
+    fp = fopen(fileName.c_str(), binary ? "ab" : "a");
     if(!fp){
       Msg::Error("Unable to open file '%s'", fileName.c_str());
       return false;
     }
+  }
+  else{
+    fp = fopen(fileName.c_str(), binary ? "wb" : "w");
+    if(!fp){
+      Msg::Error("Unable to open file '%s'", fileName.c_str());
+      return false;
+    }
+    fprintf(fp, "$MeshFormat\n");
+    fprintf(fp, "%g %d %d\n", 2.2, binary ? 1 : 0, (int)sizeof(double));
+    if(binary){
+      int one = 1;
+      fwrite(&one, sizeof(int), 1, fp);
+      fprintf(fp, "\n");
+    }
+    fprintf(fp, "$EndMeshFormat\n");
+  }
 
   for(unsigned int step = 0; step < _steps.size(); step++){
     int numEnt = 0, numComp = _steps[step]->getNumComponents();