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
Selecting an existing point
Option Base
Option point in line
Option point in surface
Option tangent in line
Option normal in surface
Option Arc center
Entities selection
Quit
Escape
FILES
New
Open
Save
Save as
Import
IGES
DXF
Parasolid
ACIS
VDA
Shapefile
NASTRAN mesh
STL mesh
GiD mesh
Surface mesh
Batch file
Insert GiD geometry
Export
IGES
DXF
GiD mesh
Text data report
ASCII project
ON layers
Calculation file
Using template
Print to file
About
VIEW
Zoom
Rotate
Rotate screen axes
Rotate object axes
Rotate trackball
Rotate angle
Rotate points
Rotate center
Rotate original view
Pan
Redraw
Render
Label
Entities
Layers
Save/Read View
Background Image
Multiple windows
GEOMETRY
View geometry
Create
Point creation
Line creation
Arc creation
Arc tangents
NURBS line creation
Polyline creation
Parametric line
Planar surface creation
4-sided surface creation
4-sided surface automatic creation
NURBS surface creation
Volume creation
Automatic 6-sided volumes
Contact creation
Intersection
Intersection line-line
Intersection multiple lines
Intersection Surface 2 points
Intersection Surface lines
Intersection Surface surface
Intersection Multiple surfaces
Volume boolean operations
Surface boolean operations
Object
Delete
Edit
Move point
Explode polyline
Edit polyline
Edit NURBS line
Edit NURBS surface
Hole NURBS surface
Divide
Join lines end points
Swap arcs
Edit SurfMesh
Convert to NURBS line
Simplify NURBS
UTILITIES
Preferences
Renumber
Calculator
Id
Signal
List
Status
Distance
Draw line normals
Draw surface normals
Copy
Move
Repair
Collapse
Uncollapse
Undo
Comments
Graphical
Coordinates window
Read batch window
Clip planes
Save configuration file
Perspective
Change Light Vector
Macros window
Selection window
Animate Controls
Dimensions
DATA
Problem type
Transform problem type
Internet Retrieve
Conditions
Assign condition
Draw condition
Unassign condition
Materials
Assign material
Draw material
Unassign material
New material
Import/Export material
Problem data
Intervals
Interval data
Local axes
MESHING
Generate
Mesh view
View boundaries
Assign unstruct sizes
Draw Sizes
Structured mesh
Structured concentrate
Mesh criteria
Element type
Quadratic
Reset mesh data
Cancel mesh
Mesh quality
Edit mesh
Move node
Delete elements
Delete lonely nodes
CALCULATE
POSTPROCESS OPTIONS
Introduction
Files menu
Utilities
Point and Line options
Display Style
Textures
Cover mesh
POSTPROCESSING RESULTS
Contour Fill
Smooth Contour Fill
Contour Ranges
Contour Lines
Show Minimum and Maximum
Display vectors
Iso Surfaces
Stream Lines
Line diagrams
Legends
Graphs
Graph Lines description
Graph Lines options
Graph Lines File Format
Deform Mesh
Do Cuts
Animation
Automatic comments
Several results
CUSTOMIZATION
Introduction
Configuration Files
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 runing the solver
Managing errors
Examples
POSTPROCESS DATA FILES
New postprocess mesh format: ProjectName.post.msh, ProjectName.flavia.msh
Mesh example
New postprocess results format: ProjectName.post.res, ProjectName.flavia.res
Gauss Points
Result Range Table
Result block
Result group
Results example
Old postprocess results format
Gauss Points (Old format)
Old postprocess mesh format
Old format - File ProjectName.flavia.msh
Old format - File ProjectName.flavia.bon
Old format - File ProjectName.flavia.dat
TCL-TK EXTENSION
Event procedures
Control functions
Process function
Info function
Special functions
Managing menus
HTML support
HelpWindow
GiDCustomHelp
GiD version
Using EXEC in GiD
Detailed example - TCL-TK extension creation
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