nastran manual


Pre-processing

The first step for any analysis is the setting up of the problem. This includes the creation or importation from a CAD file of the problem's geometry assignment of boundary and initial conditions, and the generation of the mesh. This will all be made in the pre and post processor GiD.

Pre-processing part of the analysis consists of the following steps:

ˇ  Conditions assignment

ˇ  Materials definition

ˇ  Boundaries definition

ˇ  General problem data insertion

ˇ  Solver data definition

ˇ  Units definition

ˇ  Mesh size assignment

ˇ  Mesh Generation

The GiD-NASTRAN Interface icon bar has been designed to guide the user, during the preprocessing part of the analysis.

To load GiD-NASTRAN Interface in GiD to follow the menu sequence bellow:

 

 


A splash image will appear the first time that GiD-NASTRAN interface is loaded.