Generating the mesh by default
- Choose Meshing
Generate.
- A window comes up in which to enter the maximum element size of the mesh
to be generated (Figure 33). Leave the default value given by GiD unaltered
and click OK.

Figure 33. The window in which
to enter the maximum element size
- A window appears that shows the meshing progression. Once the process is
finished, another window comes up with information about the mesh that has
been generated (Figure 34). Click OK to visualize the resulting mesh
(Figure 35).

Figure 34. The window
with information about the mesh generated
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Figure 35. The mesh generated
by default
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- Use the option Meshing
Boundaries
to see only the contour of the volumes meshed without their interior (Figure
36). This mode of visualization may be combined with the various rendering
methods.

Figure 36. Mesh visualized with
the Meshing
Boundaries option
- Visualize the mesh generated with the various rendering option in the Render
menu, located on the mouse menu.

Figure 37. Mesh visualized with Meshing
Boundaries combined with Render
Flat lighting.
- Choose Geometry
View Geometry to
return to the normal visualization.
NOTE:
To visualize the geometry of the model use Geometry
View geometry. To visualize the mesh (if there is one) use Meshing
Mesh View.