Draw

This option is used to draw meshing properties in geometrical entities.

Sizes

When sizes are assigned to points, lines, surfaces or volumes using the Assign Unstruct sizes option, it is possible to draw the different assigned sizes in different colors.

EXAMPLE

In the following example some different sizes are assigned to surfaces. Sizes of 3, 5 and 6 are assigned depending on the surface.

After choosing the Draw Sizes option (over surfaces) we get the following result:

Element Type

With this option you can see which element types have been assigned to each geometric entity. If no element type has been assigned, it is shown as Default (see MESH ).

Mesh / No mesh

With this option you can see the entities that GiD has either been forced to mesh or forced not to mesh (see Mesh criteria ). If the meshing criteria have not been assigned to an entity, it is shown as Default (see MESH ).

Structured Type

With this option you can see what kind of mesh will be generated for geometrical entities, i.e. Unstructured, Structured or Semi-Structured. If no level of structure has been assigned, it is shown as Default (see MESH ).

Skip entities (Rjump)

With this option you can see which lines and points will be skipped when meshing using the meshing preferences set at that moment (see Preferences -> Meshing).