I am working on the edge and facet finite element method with periodicity conditions, and I need a free, flexible mesh generator to create periodic meshes. Thanks for your help
have you already used this software to create periodic structures? If so, are you creating them by symmetry of half, quarter, eighth or by translating the border surfaces?
Salome is a good open-source meshing tool which can help you create structured and unstructured meshes. You can create projection of a mapped mesh from one of the periodic face to the other so that the nodes are duplicated on both the faces. I use Salome for meshing purposes for creating all kinds of complicated meshes.