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Menu: Files
Several useful options can be found in the Files menu.
From the file browser window, you can select several pairs Project.post.msh and Project.post.res, in one go by left-clicking one file and then <Shift>-left-clicking another so that all the files in between are highlighted; further files can be added or removed individually with <Ctrl>-left-click. Normal operations, such as animation, displaying results and cuts, can be done over these meshes, and they will be actualized when the selected analysis/step is changed, for example by means of View results -> Default analysis/step (see Re-meshing and adaptivity ).
- NASTRAN mesh: Reads a NASTRAN mesh file.
- FEMAP: Reads FEMAP Neutral ASCII files and binary files.
- TECPLOT ASCII: Reads TECPLOT 9.0 ASCII files.
- 3DStudio file: Reads a mesh in .3ds 3DStudio format.
- Cuts: Reads cut planes, cut wires and iso-surface cuts in GiD so that the same cuts and cut-spheres can be used among several postprocess meshes.
- Graphs: Adds graphs to those that may or may not have already been created inside GiD.
- Post information
- ASCII files: saves meshes, sets and results to ASCII files using the new PostProcess format (see Postprocess results format: ProjectName.post.res , Postprocess mesh format: ProjectName.post.msh ). If multiple meshes are read with the 'Open multiple' option explained above, only two files will be saved, one for the meshes and another one for the results, where each post information file (or pair .msh + .res) will define a Group (see Re-meshing and adaptivity ).
- Binary (whole model): Saves meshes, sets and results to one binary file. If multiple meshes are read with the 'Open multiple' option explained above, only two files will be saved, one for the meshes and another one for the results, where each post information file (or pair .msh + .res) will define a Group (see Re-meshing and adaptivity ).
- Binary (only results): Saves results information only, so the transition between Pre- and Postprocess will be quicker.
- ASCII boundaries: Saves the boundaries of the meshes and sets, with its nodal results, to ASCII files (one for mesh information ".msh", one for the results ".res"). The boundary of a hexahedron/tetrahedron mesh is a quadrilateral/triangle mesh. The boundary of a quadrilateral/triangle mesh is a line mesh. There is no boundary of a line/point mesh.
- Cut: Saves cut planes, cut wires and iso-surface mesh cuts so that the same cuts can be used among several postprocess meshes. Cut spheres can also be saved.
- Graph: Saves graphs in ASCII (gnuplot) format. If the option All is chosen, you will be asked for a prefix. GiD will then create a file for each graph with the names prefix-1.cur , prefix-2.cur , prefix-3.cur and so on...
- Cover Mesh: After visualizing the cover mesh of the points/nodes, this mesh can be saved for other uses.
- Shown surfaces to STL: exports the displayed triangular and quadrilateral surfaces in ascii or binary STL format with this window:
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Only the displayed meshes are written in the STL file. If the displayed meshes are deformed, then the meshes in the STL file are also deformed.
The rest of the options are the same as when in preprocessing mode.