Sometimes some surfaces are not well defined and we need it to clean them, this is only one click away with the Rebuild surface by boundary option. You can find this option in preprocess mode going to top menu Geometry->Edit->Rebuild surface by boundary After selecting some surfaces, each surface will be remplaced by a NURBS surface created […]
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Try a GiD different look. User can choose between Classic and Black themes, which change drastically the GUI appearance. Open the Preferences window and go to Graphical->Appearance branch. There go to GiD Theme->Theme and select the desired theme. Click on Apply button to confirm. You will be asked to restart GiD, click Yes andGiD will start with the
Tetgen volume mesher (developed at WIAS Institute) inside GiD.
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GiD runs in parallel (shared memory) when meshing unstructured and structured volumes. Number of threads to use can be set in the preferences window. Just go from the top menu to Utilities->Preferences, select the General->Other branch and modify the Number of threads to use option.
The node tracing option in GiD allows the user to track nodes, whose traces are displayed. For a single mesh for the whole analysis, the node will follow the path of the deformed mesh across all steps. When several meshes are used for several time steps, then the nodes can follow the track of the
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When you create a graph from GiD it’s possible to view the numerical values in a table. To access to the table just open the Graphs window from top menu (Window->View graphs…) and go to the Options tab. There you can select the graph and click on Show table button. A table with the values of the
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You can check if your GiD version it’s up to date from the top menu. Just select Help->Check for updates… Please notice that an internet connection it’s needed.
Option available to reload automatically last model used when opening GiD. This option can be activated in the preferences window. Just go from the top menu to Utilities->Preferences, select the General->Other branch and check the Reload last model option.
Anytime user is making a selection inside GiD (geometry or mesh entities), the selection window can be used to apply useful filters to the selection. This option can be activated in preprocess mode selecting the menu Utilities->Tools->Selection window. It can also be activated from the contextual menu, clicking with the right mouse button.
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Imagine you want to apply a boudary condition in a mesh but you have elements with all its nodes in the boundary. This will cause a calculation problem because the value of the element is the interpolation of the values of its nodes. You can avoid this problem generating a proper mesh without elements with all
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Rotate, pan and zoom are accessible directly from mouse buttons, pressing shift key. User can access to rotate, pan and zoom view options directly using mouse buttons, while the shift key is pressed: shift + left mouse button -> ROTATE shift + wheel/center mouse button -> ZOOM shift + right button -> PAN
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You can swap between fast and save visualization modes with just a button. Find it at the bottom right corner of the GiD window. Fast and safe modes icons in black theme Fast and safe modes icons in black theme After clicking on the icon the following window will appear. Just select the desired mode and click
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