The Mesh File (*.ecm or *.eco)
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The mesh file can either be saved with extension "ecm" (initial mesh) or "eco" (results from DIC analysis)

Here a structure for the latest version (1.9) is given:

**Header**

+--------+----------+--------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Offset | Type     | Bytes  | Count    | Description                                                           |
+========+==========+========+==========+=======================================================================+
| 0      | int      | 4      | 1        | File type, should be 0 for mesh file                                  |
+--------+----------+--------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 4      | double   | 8      | 1        | Version of mesh file                                                  |
+--------+----------+--------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 12     | int      | 4      | 1        | Number of elements in mesh                                            |
+--------+----------+--------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 16     | int      | 4      | 1        | Number of nodes in mesh                                               |
+--------+----------+--------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 20     | int      | 4      | 1        | Number of duplicate nodes in mesh (used for node splitting)           |
+--------+----------+--------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 24     | int      | 4      | 1        | Maximum number of nodes per element in mesh                           |
+--------+----------+--------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 28     | int      | 4      | 1        | Includes target coordinates (3D) 0 = No, 1 = Yes                      |
+--------+----------+--------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 32     | int      | 4      | 1        | Includes projection error (3D) 0 = No, 1 = Yes                        |
+--------+----------+--------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 36     | int      | 4      | 1        | Includes refine (3D) 0 = No, 1 = Yes                                  |
+--------+----------+--------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 40     | int      | 4      | 1        | Includes parts (3D) 0 = No, 1 = Yes                                   |
+--------+----------+--------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 44     | int      | 4      | 10       | Dummy integers                                                        |
+--------+----------+--------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+