GiD Tutorials
Pre and post processing system for F.E.M. calculations.
International Center For
Numerical Methods In Engineering (CIMNE)
Preprocess Tutorial 1
WORKING BY LAYERS
Defining the layers
Creating two new layers
CREATING A PROFILE
Creating a size-55 auxiliary line
Dividing the auxiliary line near "point" (coordinates (40, 0) )
Creating a 3.8-radius circle around point (40, 0)
Rotating the circle -3 degrees around a point
Rotating the circle 36 degrees around a point and copying it.
Rotating and copying the auxiliary lines
Intersecting lines
Creating an arc tangential to two lines
Translating the definitive lines to the "profile" layer
Deleting the "aux" layer
Rotating and obtaining the final profile
Creating a surface
CREATING A HOLE IN THE PART
Creating a hole in the surface of the mechanical part
CREATING VOLUMES FROM SURFACES
Creating the "prism" layer and translating the octagon to this layer
Creating the volume of the prism
Creating the volume of the wheel
GENERATING THE MESH
Generating the mesh with assignment of size around points
Generating the mesh with assignment of size around lines
Generating the mesh by default
OPTIMIZING THE DESIGN OF THE PART
Modifying the profile
Modifying the profile of the hole
Creating the volume of the new design
GENERATING THE MESH FOR THE NEW DESIGN
Generating a mesh for the new design by default
Generating a mesh using "Chordal Error"
Preprocess Tutorial 2
WORKING BY LAYERS
Creating two new layers
CREATING THE AUXILIARY LINES
Creating the axes
Creating the tangential center
CREATING THE FIRST COMPONENT PART
Creating the profile
Creating the volume by revolution
Creating the union of the main pipes
Rotating the main pipe
Creating the end of the pipe
CREATING THE SECOND COMPONENT PART: THE T JUNCTION
Creating one of the pipe sections
Creating the other pipe section
Creating the lines of intersection
Deleting surfaces and lines
Closing the volume
IMPORTING THE T JUNCTION TO THE MAIN FILE
Importing a GiD file
Creating the final volume
GENERATING THE MESH
Generating the mesh using Chordal Error
Generating the mesh by assignment of sizes on surfaces
Meshing Tutorial 1
INTRODUCTION
Reading the initial project
ELEMENT-SIZE ASSIGNMENT METHODS
Assignment using default options
Assignment around points
Assignment around lines
Assignment on surfaces
Assignment with Maximum Chordal Error
RJUMP MESHER
RJump default options
Force to mesh some entity