GiD reference manual
Pre and post processing system for F.E.M. calculations.
International Center For
Numerical Methods In Engineering (CIMNE)
INTRODUCTION
Using this manual
GiD BASICS
INVOKING GiD
USER INTERFACE
Mouse operations
Command line
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
New
Open
Save
Save as
Import
IGES
DXF
Parasolid
ACIS
VDA
Rhino
Shapefile
NASTRAN mesh
STL mesh
VRML mesh
3DStudio mesh
CGNS mesh
GiD mesh
Surface mesh
VTK Voxels
Batch file
Insert GiD geometry
Export
IGES
DXF
ACIS
GiD mesh
Text data report
ASCII project
ON layers
Calculation file
Using a .bas template
Preprocess/Postprocess
Print to file
Page/Image setup
Print
Recent projects/post files
Quit
VIEW
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
Label
Entities
Normals
Higher entities
Curvature
View entry
Save/Read View
Recent View Files
Background Image
Image to clipboard
Multiple windows
Mode
GEOMETRY
View geometry
Create
Point creation
Straight line creation
NURBS line creation
Parametric line
Polyline creation
Arc creation
NURBS surface creation
Parametric surface
Contact surface creation
Surface mesh
Volume creation
Contact creation
Object
Automatic 4-sided surface creation
4-sided surface creation
Planar surface creation
Delete
Edit
Move point
Divide
Line operations
Swap arc
Polyline
SurfMesh
Edit NURBS line/surface
Convert to NURBS line/surface
Simplify NURBS line/surface
Hole NURBS surface
Collapse
Uncollapse
Intersection
Intersection: Line-line
Intersection: Multiple lines
Intersection: Surface-2 points
Intersection: Surface-lines
Intersection: Surface-surface
Intersection: Multiple surfaces
Surface boolean operations
Volume boolean operations
UTILITIES
Undo
Preferences
General
Graphical
Meshing
Exchange
Fonts
Format
Grid
Layers
Tools
Toolbars
Save window configuration
Move screen objects
Coordinates window
Read batch window
Comments
Animation controls
Animation script
Macros
Selection window
Calculator
Report
Notes
Copy
Move
Status
List
Renumber
Id
Signal
Swap normals
Distance
Dimensions
Repair model
DATA
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
Unstructured
Structured
Element concentration
Semi-Structured
Cartesian
Boundary layer
Quadratic
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
Move node
Split Elements
Smooth Elements
Collapse
Delete nodes/elements
Show errors
View mesh boundary
Create boundary mesh
Mesh quality
CALCULATE
Calculate
Calculate remote
Cancel process
View process info
Calculate window
HELP
Help
Customization help
Tutorials
What is new
FAQ
Register GiD
Register Problem types
Customizing Problem type registration
Register from file
Visit GiD web
About
POSTPROCESS OPTIONS
Introduction
Files menu
Utilities menu
Do Cuts
Point and Line options
Display Style
Textures
Cover mesh
Other options
PGF fonts
POSTPROCESS RESULTS
View Results Bar
View results window
Contour Fill
Smooth Contour Fill
Contour Ranges
Contour Lines
Show Minimum and Maximum
Display vectors
Iso surfaces
Stream Lines
Graphs
Graph Lines description
Graph Lines options
Graph Lines File Format
View graphs window
Result surface
Deform Mesh
Line diagrams
Animation
Several results
Legends
Automatic comments
Create Results
CUSTOMIZATION
Introduction
Configuration Files
XML file
ValidatePassword node
Conditions file (.cnd)
Example: Creating the conditions file
Materials file (.mat)
Example: Creating the materials file
Problem and intervals data file (.prb)
Example: Creating the PRB data file
Conditions symbols file (.sim)
Example: Creating the Symbols file
Unit System file (.uni)
Special fields
Template File
General description
Commands used in the .bas file
Single value return commands
Multiple values return commands
Specific commands
Detailed example - Template file creation
A) Elements, materials and connectivities listing
B) Formatted nodes and coordinates listing
C) Nodes listing declaration
D) Materials listing declaration
E) Elements listing declaration
F) Nodes and its conditions listing declaration
Executing an external program
Commands accepted by the GiD command.exe
Showing feedback when running the solver
Managing errors
Examples
POSTPROCESS DATA FILES
Postprocess mesh format: ProjectName.post.msh
Mesh example
Postprocess results format: ProjectName.post.res
Gauss Points
Result Range Table
Result block
Result group
Results example
Re-meshing and adaptivity
Old postprocess results format
Gauss Points (Old format)
Old postprocess mesh format
Old file format: ProjectName.flavia.msh
Old file format: ProjectName.flavia.bon
Old file format: ProjectName.flavia.dat
TCL/TK EXTENSION
Event procedures
Control functions
Process function
Info function
Special functions
Managing menus
HTML support
HelpWindow
GiDCustomHelp
Structure of the help content
HelpDirs
TocPage
IndexPage
Custom Data Windows
TkWidget
Data Windows Behavior
GiD version
Using EXEC in GiD
Detailed example - Tcl/Tk extension creation
INDEX