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GiD 11 Reference Manual
Pre and post processing system for Numerical Simulations.
International Center For
Numerical Methods In Engineering (CIMNE)

                  INTRODUCTION
                        What's GiD
                        GiD Manuals
                  GENERAL ASPECTS
                        GiD Basics
                        Invoking GiD
                              Settings
                        User Interface
                              Top menu
                              Toolbars
                              Command line
                              Mouse operations
                              Dark GiD theme
                        User Basics
                              Point definition
                                    Picking in the graphical window
                                    Entering points by coordinates
                                          Local-global coordinates
                                          Cylindrical coordinates
                                          Spherical coordinates
                                    Base
                                    Selecting an existing point
                                    Point in line
                                    Point in surface
                                    Tangent in line
                                    Normal in surface
                                    Arc center
                                    Grid
                              Entity selection
                              Escape
                        Files Menu
                              New
                              Open
                              Open multiple... (Only Postprocessing)
                              Merge... (Only Postprocessing)
                              Recent projects and Recent post files
                              Save (Only Preprocessing)
                              Save as... (only Preprocessing)
                              Import
                                    Preprocessing
                                          IGES
                                          DXF
                                          Parasolid
                                          ACIS
                                          VDA
                                          Rhinoceros
                                          Shapefile
                                          XYZ points
                                          KML
                                          NASTRAN mesh
                                          STL mesh
                                          VRML mesh
                                          3DStudio mesh
                                          CGNS mesh
                                          GiD mesh
                                          Surface mesh
                                          Ply mesh
                                          VTK Voxels
                                          XYZ nodes
                                          UNV
                                          STAR-CD
                                          GDAL
                                          EMA3D
                                          Amelet
                                          Batch file
                                          Insert GiD geometry
                                    Postprocessing
                                          NASTRAN mesh
                                          FEMAP file
                                          TECPLOT ASCII file
                                          3D Studio file
                                          XYZ ascii points
                                          Vtk
                                          Amelet
                                          Cut
                                          Graph
                                          Stream lines
                                          Plugins
                              Export
                                    Preprocessing
                                          IGES
                                          DXF
                                          ACIS
                                          Rhinoceros
                                          GiD mesh
                                          Amelet
                                          Text data report
                                          ASCII project
                                          ON layers
                                          Calculation file
                                          Using a .bas template
                                    Postprocessing
                                          Post information
                                          Cut
                                          Graph
                                          Cover mesh
                                          Visible surfaces to STL
                                          Amelet
                                          Visible surfaces to PLY
                              Preprocess-Postprocess
                              Print to file
                              Page and capture settings
                              Print
                              Quit
                        View Menu
                              Zoom
                              Rotate
                                    Rotate trackball
                                    Rotate screen axes
                                    Rotate object axes
                                    Rotate center
                                    Plane XY (Original)
                                    Plane XZ
                                    Plane YZ
                                    Isometric
                                    Rotate points
                                    Rotate angle
                              Pan
                              Redraw
                              Render
                              Perspective
                              Clip planes
                              Advanced viewing settings
                              Label
                              Normals (only Preprocessing)
                              Higher entities (only Preprocessing)
                              Curvature (only Preprocessing)
                              View
                              Recent View Files
                              Background Image
                              Image to clipboard
                              Multiple windows
                              Mode
                              Full screen
                              Entities (from Right buttons)
                        Utilities Menu
                              Undo (only Preprocessing)
                              Preferences
                                    General
                                          Interface
                                          Other
                                    Graphical
                                          Apparence
                                          Colours
                                          System
                                    Meshing
                                          Main
                                          Other
                                          Cartesian mesher
                                          Sphere mesher
                                    Import and Export
                                    Fonts
                                    Grid
                                    Postprocess
                              Layers (only Preprocessing)
                              Tools
                                    Toolbars
                                    Save window configuration
                                    Move screen objects
                                    Coordinates window (only Preprocessing)
                                    Read batch window
                                    Comments
                                          Postprocessing
                                    Animation controls
                                    Animation script
                                    Macros
                                    Selection window (only Preprocessing)
                                    Calculator
                                    Report
                                    Notes
                              Copy
                                    Preprocessing
                                    Postprocessing
                              Move (only Preprocessing)
                              Status
                              List
                              Mass (only Preprocessing)
                              Renumber (only Preprocessing)
                              Id
                              Signal
                              Swap normals (only Preprocessing)
                              Distance
                              Dimensions
                              Repair model (only Preprocessing)
                              Collapse nodes (only Postprocessing)
                              Join (only Postprocessing)
                              Delete (only Postprocessing)
                              Texture (only Postprocessing)
                        Help Menu
                              Help
                              Customization help
                              Tutorials
                              What is new
                              FAQ
                              Register GiD
                              Register Problem types
                                    Customizing Problem type registration
                              Register from file
                              Visit GiD web
                              Check for updates
                              About
                  PREPROCESSING
                        Geometry Menu
                              View geometry
                              Create
                                    Point
                                    Straight line
                                    NURBS line
                                    Parametric line
                                    Polyline
                                    Arc
                                    NURBS surface
                                    Parametric surface
                                    Contact surface
                                    Surface mesh
                                    Geometry from mesh
                                    Volume
                                    Contact
                                    Object
                                    Old types
                                          4-sided surface creation
                                          Automatic 4-sided surface creation
                                          Planar surface creation
                              Delete
                              Edit
                                    Move point
                                    Divide
                                    Join
                                    Line operations
                                    Swap arc
                                    Polyline
                                    SurfMesh
                                    Rebuild surface by boundary
                                    Edit NURBS line and surface
                                    Convert to NURBS line and surface
                                    Simplify NURBS line and surface
                                    Hole NURBS surface
                                    Hole Volume
                                    Collapse
                                    Uncollapse
                                    Intersection
                                          Lines
                                          Surface-2 points
                                          Surface-lines
                                          Surfaces
                                    Surface boolean operations
                                    Volume boolean operations
                        Data Menu
                              Problem type
                                    Transform problem type
                                    Internet Retrieve
                                    Load
                                    Unload
                                    Debugger
                              Conditions
                                    Assign condition
                                    Draw condition
                                    Unassign condition
                              Materials
                                    Assign material
                                    Draw material
                                    Unassign material
                                    New material
                                    Exchange material
                              Interval data
                              Problem data
                              Data units
                              Intervals
                              Local axes
                        Mesh Menu
                              Unstructured
                              Structured
                                    (Lines) Concentrate elements
                              SemiStructured
                              Cartesian
                              Boundary layer
                              Quadratic type
                              Element type
                              Mesh criteria
                              Reset mesh data
                              Draw
                                    Sizes
                                    Num of divisions
                                    Element Type
                                    Mesh - No mesh
                                    Structured Type
                                    Skip entities (Rjump)
                                    Duplicate
                                    Force points to
                                    Boundary layer
                              Generate mesh
                              Erase mesh
                              Edit mesh
                                    Create node
                                    Move node
                                    Create element
                                    Split elements
                                    Smooth elements
                                    Collapse
                                    Delete
                              Show errors
                              View mesh boundary
                              Create boundary mesh
                              Mesh quality
                              Mesh options from model
                        Calculate Menu
                              Calculate
                              Calculate remote
                              Cancel process
                              View process info
                              Calculate window
                  POSTPROCESSING
                        Introduction
                        Do Cuts Menu
                        View Results Menu
                              No Results
                              No Graphs
                              Default Analysis - Step
                              Contour Fill
                              Smooth Contour Fill
                              Contour Lines
                              Contour Ranges
                              Show Minimum and Maximum
                              Display Vectors
                              Iso Surfaces
                              Stream Lines
                              Node trace
                              Graphs
                                    Description
                                    Options
                                    Graph File Format
                              Result Surface
                              Deformation
                              Line Diagram
                              Integrate
                        Options Menu
                              Legends
                              Reference axes
                              Geometry
                                    Border angle
                                    Massive body
                                    Transparent
                                    Opaque
                                    Point - sphere options
                                    Line options
                                    Change edge colour
                                    Covering mesh
                                    Create delaunay meshes
                                    Extract boundaries
                                    Separate connected components
                              Change color
                              Change name
                              Other options
                        Window Menu
                              View style
                              View results
                              Animate
                              View graphs
                              Several results
                              Results ranges table
                              Create results
                              Create statistical result
                              Create graphs