<s>
GetFEM++	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
generic	O
finite	O
element	O
C++	B-Language
library	O
with	O
interfaces	O
for	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Matlab	B-Language
and	O
Scilab	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GetFEM++	B-Algorithm
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
,	O
version	O
3	O
or	O
later	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
GCC	O
Runtime	O
Library	O
Exception	O
,	O
version	O
3.1	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gmm++	O
is	O
a	O
generic	O
matrix	O
template	O
library	O
included	O
in	O
GetFEM++	B-Algorithm
,	O
providing	O
tools	O
for	O
elementary	O
computations	O
with	O
dense	O
and	O
sparse	O
matrices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
capabilities	O
implemented	O
in	O
Gmm++	O
there	O
is	O
also	O
an	O
interface	O
to	O
the	O
popular	O
direct	O
solver	O
for	O
sparse	O
systems	O
of	O
linear	O
equations	O
MUMPS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mesh	O
objects	O
in	O
GetFEM++	B-Algorithm
contain	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
geometric	O
transformation	O
and	O
connectivity	O
of	O
mesh	O
elements	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
methods	O
for	O
accessing	O
user	O
defined	O
mesh	O
regions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finite	O
element	O
methods	O
can	O
be	O
defined	O
per	O
mesh	O
or	O
per	O
element	O
and	O
they	O
include	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
options	O
like	O
classical	O
Lagrange	O
elements	O
Pk	O
and	O
Qk	O
of	O
arbitrary	O
dimension	O
and	O
degree	O
k	O
,	O
Hermite	O
and	O
Argyris	O
elements	O
,	O
discontinuous	O
Pk	O
and	O
Qk	O
elements	O
,	O
vectorial	O
and	O
hierarchical	O
basis	O
elements	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
XFEM	B-Algorithm
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combining	O
so	O
called	O
brick	O
objects	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
standard	O
way	O
of	O
representing	O
mathematical	O
equations	O
in	O
GetFEM++	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
assembling	O
procedures	O
included	O
in	O
GetFEM++	B-Algorithm
aim	O
at	O
efficiently	O
calculating	O
the	O
contribution	O
of	O
each	O
brick	O
to	O
the	O
global	O
tangent	O
matrix	O
and	O
right	O
hand	O
side	O
term	O
of	O
the	O
linearized	O
system	O
of	O
equations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GetFEM++	B-Algorithm
can	O
read	O
meshes	O
provided	O
in	O
the	O
native	O
formats	O
of	O
software	O
like	O
Gmsh	B-Language
,	O
GiD	O
and	O
Ansys	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
export	O
results	O
in	O
the	O
legacy	O
POS	O
file	O
format	O
of	O
Gmsh	B-Language
,	O
the	O
OpenDX	B-Language
file	O
format	O
and	O
the	O
legacy	O
VTK	B-Language
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
GetFEM++	B-Algorithm
received	O
the	O
second	O
prize	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
scientific	O
software	O
in	O
the	O
Les	O
Trophées	O
du	O
Libre	O
contest	O
.	O
</s>
