I2M is an acronym to name the plug-in ‘Image to Mesh’. With this plug-in we can import into GiD data in digital image format and generate the mesh directly from the image data.
This plug-in is available from internet retrieve option since release GiD 13.1.4d.
![image2017-2-20_9-25-52](https://www.gidhome.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/image2017-2-20_9-25-52-300x202.png)
![image2017-2-20_9-27-33](https://www.gidhome.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/image2017-2-20_9-27-33-300x226.png)
The current version is able to import one 2D image a perform an extrusion along n slices. For next releases we are working on new features to be able to import multiple slices and images in 3D volume format.
Using this plug-in we are able to analyze long fiber composite, see below some images of this process:
![image2017-2-20_9-34-11](https://www.gidhome.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/image2017-2-20_9-34-11-1024x646.png)
![image2017-2-20_9-38-8](https://www.gidhome.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/image2017-2-20_9-38-8-1024x596.png)