User Interface

GiD - The personal pre and post processor

GiD has numerous mesh generation options:

Structured meshes can be easily defined by the user. These include:

Semi-structured meshes (structured only in one direction of the volume). These include:

Hexahedra, tetrahedra or prism meshes
Unstructured meshes can be automatically generated based on quality and spacing criteria defined by the user. These include:
Triangular, quadrilateral and circle meshes
Tetrahedral and sphere meshes
Degree of elements can be:
Linear: 2 and 3 nodes
Triangle: 3 and 6 nodes
Quadrilateral: 4,8 and 9 nodes
Circle: 1 node (center)
Tetrahedral: 4 and 10 nodes
Hexahedra: 8, 20 and 27 nodes
Prism: 6 and 15 nodes
Sphere: 1 node (center)
Two dimensional bounary layer meshes can be generated, using triangle elements. All of the nodes are contained inside the real geometry. So, the higher degree elements are curved. Mesh generation can be carried out after all attributes and data have been assigned to geometrical entities. GiD allows the generation of large meshes in a fast and efficient manner and has the ability to visualise various meshes before selecting the one desired.