GiD

Theuniversal,adaptativeanduser

friendlypreandpostprocessing

systemforcomputeranalysis

inscienceandengineering

ReferenceManual

TableofContents

ChaptersPag.

1INTRODUCTION1

1.1What'sGiD1

1.2GiDManuals1

2GENERALASPECTS3

2.1GiDBasics3

2.2InvokingGiD4

2.2.1Firststart4

2.2.2Commandlineflags5

2.2.3Commandlineextrafile6

2.2.4Settings6

2.3UserInterface7

2.3.1Topmenu9

2.3.2Toolbars9

2.3.3Commandline12

2.3.4StatusandInformation13

2.3.5Rightbuttons13

2.3.6Mouseoperations13

2.3.7ClassicGiDtheme14

2.4UserBasics16

2.4.1Pointdefinition16

Pickinginthegraphicalwindow17

Enteringpointsbycoordinates17

.1Local-globalcoordinates17

.2Cylindricalcoordinates18

.3Sphericalcoordinates18

Base19

Selectinganexistingpoint19

Pointinline19

Pointinsurface19

Tangentinline19

Normalinsurface19

Arccenter19

0Grid20

2.4.2Entityselection20

2.4.3Escape21

2.5FilesMenu22

2.5.1New22

2.5.2Open22

2.5.3Openmultiple...(OnlyPostprocessing)23

2.5.4Merge...(OnlyPostprocessing)23

2.5.5RecentprojectsandRecentpostfiles23

2.5.6Save(OnlyPreprocessing)23

2.5.7Saveas...(onlyPreprocessing)24

2.5.8Import24

Preprocessing24

.1IGES25

.2STEP26

.3DXF26

.4Parasolid26

.5ACIS26

.6VDA26

.7Rhinoceros26

.8Shapefile26

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.9XYZpoints27

.10KML27

.11Calculix27

.12NASTRANmesh28

.13STLmesh28

.14VRMLmesh28

.153DStudiomesh28

.16CGNSmesh28

.17GiDmesh29

.18Surfacemesh30

.19Plymesh30

.20OBJWavefrontmesh30

.21Vtkvoxels30

.22XYZnodes31

.23UNV31

.24STAR-CD31

.25GDAL31

.26EMA3D32

.27Batchfile32

.28InsertGiDmodel33

Postprocessing33

.1NASTRANmesh33

.2FEMAP33

3TECPLOT33

.43DStudio33

.5XYZnodes33

.6Vtk34

.7Calculix34

.8Cut34

.9Graph34

.10Streamlines35

.11Plugins35

2.5.9Export35

Preprocessing35

.1IGES35

.2STEP36

.3DXF36

.4ACIS36

.5Rhinoceros36

.6GiDmesh36

.7Nodes-Raster36

.8Textdatareport36

.9ASCIIproject36

.10ONlayers36

.11Calculationfile37

.12Usingtemplate.bas(onlymesh)37

Postprocessing37

.1Postinformation37

.2Cut38

.3Graph38

.4Covermesh38

.5VisiblesurfacestoSTL38

.6Vtk39

.7KML39

.8VisiblesurfacestoPLY39

2.5.10Preprocess-Postprocess40

2.5.11Printtofile40

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2.5.12Pageandcapturesettings40

2.5.13Print41

2.5.14Quit41

2.6ViewMenu41

2.6.1Zoom42

2.6.2Rotate42

Rotatetrackball42

Rotatescreenaxes42

Rotateobjectaxes43

Rotatecenter43

PlaneXY(Original)43

PlaneXZ43

PlaneYZ43

Isometric43

Rotatepoints43

0Rotateangle44

2.6.3Pan44

2.6.4Redraw44

2.6.5Render44

2.6.6Perspective46

2.6.7Clipplanes46

2.6.8Advancedviewingsettings47

2.6.9Referenceaxes(onlyPostprocessing)50

2.6.10Label51

2.6.11Normals(onlyPreprocessing)51

2.6.12Higherentities(onlyPreprocessing)52

2.6.13Curvature(onlyPreprocessing)52

2.6.14View52

2.6.15RecentViewFiles53

2.6.16BackgroundImage53

2.6.17Imagetoclipboard54

2.6.18Multiplewindows54

2.6.19Mode54

2.6.20Fullscreen55

2.6.21Entities(fromRightbuttons)55

2.7UtilitiesMenu55

2.7.1Undo(onlyPreprocessing)55

2.7.2Preferences56

General56

.1Interface56

.2Other57

Graphical58

.1Apparence58

.2Colours59

.3Meshelements60

.4System61

.5Simplifiedview63

Meshing64

.1General64

.2Structurationtype66

.3Chordalerror67

.4Boundarylayer68

.5Cartesian68

.6Spherecircle69

.6.1RBall70

.6.2Granular71

.7Other73

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ImportandExport73

Fonts74

Grid75

Postprocess76

.1Postfiles77

.2Meshelements78

.3Legendsandcomments79

.4Contourfillandlines80

.5Vectors82

.6Isosurfaces83

.7Streamlines83

.8Resultsurface85

.9Linediagrams85

.10Others86

2.7.3Layersandgroups(onlyPreprocessing)86

2.7.4Tools88

Toolbars88

Savewindowconfiguration89

2.7.43Movescreenobjects89

Coordinateswindow(onlyPreprocessing)89

Readbatchwindow90

Comments91

.1Postprocessing91

Changelegendtitle(onlyPostprocessing)92

Animationcontrols92

Animationscript93

0Macros94

1Selectionwindow(onlyPreprocessing)95

2Calculator96

3Report