# Anisotropic background mesh (Tutorial 17)

Specify a per-direction background mesh.

[**Download the anisotropic background mesh file used in this tutorial**](https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/-/raw/master/tutorial/t17_bgmesh.pos?inline=false)

### Python
```python
{{#include ../../../../tutorial/python/t17.py}}
```
