Draw

Menu: Mesh->Draw

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

Sizes

Menu: Mesh->Draw->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:

Num of divisions

Menu: Mesh->Draw->Num of divisions

With this option you can see the number of divisions assigned to the structured lines of the model (see Structured ).

Element Type

Menu: Mesh->Draw->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

Menu: Mesh->Draw->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

Menu: Mesh->Draw->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)

Menu: Mesh->Draw->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), and the lines and points set as Skip or NoSkip mesh criteria (see Mesh criteria ).

Duplicate

Menu: Mesh->Draw->Duplicate

With this option you can see the entities that have been assigned duplicate mesh (Mesh criteria ).

Force points to

Menu: Mesh->Draw->Force point to

With this option you can see the number of points forced to be in the mesh of a surface or volume (Mesh criteria ).

Boundary layer

Menu: Mesh->Draw->Boundary layer

With this option you can see the first layer height of the boundary layers set in the model. In '2 dimensional' option the lines from wich the boundary layer will grow are shown, and in '3 dimensional' the surfaces.

In cases where two boundary layer meshes grows from the same geometrical entity (one for each side), the minimum value of the first layer heigt is shown.