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Generate unstructured triangular meshes from bathymetry rasters (BlueMesh2D)

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Wraps the BlueMesh2D meshing library as QGIS Processing algorithms: from a bathymetry GeoTIFF to an unstructured triangular mesh, written as a UGRID NetCDF that loads directly as a QGIS mesh layer. The workflow runs as six stages: • 1 - Extract the water polygon (coastline and domain) from the raster. • 2 - Build a gradient-limited element-size raster: depth polynomial, wavelength (Hunt 1979) or a custom Python function, with optional finer detail regions. • 3 - Resample the boundary to the element size, as an editable line layer. • 4 - Generate the mesh: Delaunay or Frontal-Delaunay refinement, optional smoothing and smood orthogonalisation for Delft3D-FM. • 5 - Classify the boundary nodes into open, closed and island, editable in QGIS. • 6 - Export: UGRID NetCDF, Delft3D-FM open-boundary files (.pli / .bc / .ext) or ADCIRC .grd. Each stage produces an ordinary QGIS layer, so every intermediate result can be inspected and hand-edited before the next step; an all-in-one algorithm is also available for a single-dialog run. Step-by-step tutorial (PDF): https://github.com/GeoOcean/BlueMesh2D/blob/develop/docs/Tuto_BlueMesh2D_Santander.pdf Dependencies need no manual setup. On first load the plugin detects what is missing and installs it in one click (Plugins ▸ BlueMesh2D ▸ Check / install dependencies). pip runs in QGIS's own interpreter; on Debian/Ubuntu system Python (PEP 668) the packages go into a plugin-managed virtual environment instead, leaving the system Python untouched. Installing bluemesh2d brings numpy, scipy, shapely, rasterio, matplotlib, netCDF4, xarray and triangle with it.

AuthorGeomatics and Ocean Engineering Group
Downloads747
Latest version0.1.8
Last updated2026-10-08 (7 days ago)
Min QGIS3.34.0
Max QGIS3.99.0
QGIS 4 readyNo
MaintenanceActive
CategoriesRaster & terrain, Hydrology & water
Tagsadcirc, unstructured, mesh, ugrid, triangulation, delft3d, bathymetry, ocean

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