GiD frequently asked questions (FAQ)
General
What is GiD?
Install
Problems installing GiD with Windows 2000
Geometry modeling and file import
Which are the interfaces with CAD systems?
Does GiD support Super-surfaces?
Can GiD create multiple volumes at the same time?
How can a create 2D contacts?
Mesh generation and data (boundary conditions, materials, etc)
Is it possible to extract information about boundary edges and faces?
Do you have any plans to allow geometric information to be incorporated into the customization files, so that mesh optimisation can be coupled to the solver?
Can GiD generate 10-noded tetrehedra?
Can GiD mesh complex structured volumes?
What methods are used to define element sizes?
Customization
Repeating a condition
Postprocess
How can GiD read postprocess information?
Can GiD display results on Gauss points?
For higher degree elements, can results be visualized in the additional nodes?
I read the postprocess mesh with
mesh read
. Is it correct?
In the postprocessing .res files, what happens with headers?
Could you provide me with a simple procedure to visualise a 3D velocity field with streamlines?
Export files
How can GiD export the mesh and the boundary conditions, materials and so on?
Export to SAP90-SAP2000
What is a 'problem type'?
Does GiD works for finite volumes?
How I could print in the calc file the number of the layer which an element belongs to?
GiD and the Operating System
I try to open GiD by the first time on MS Windows and it crashes
Upper Menu locked
What OS versions does GiD support?
Does GID works on SGI with IRIX 6.4 and 6.5?
Demonstration version on SGI possible ?
Which are the requirement for one PC : 300 MHz or less or more?
Does GiD-Windows support spaces on filenames?
Does GiD-Windows support spaces on machine names?
How can I see MPEG files on my Microsoft Windows NT machine?
Input/output devices
Does GiD support 3D graphic cards?
Does GiD support spaceballs?
How can I use the Spaceball on my Linux Box with GiD?
Buy GiD
Is the GiD version 7 license compatible with version 6 one?
How much does GiD cost?
Licenses policy
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