GiD The universal, adaptative and user friendly pre and post processing system for computer analysis in science and engineering Reference ManualTable of Contents Chapters Pag. 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 What's GiD 1 1.2 GiD Manuals 1 2 GENERAL ASPECTS 3 2.1 GiD Basics, 3 2.2 Invoking GiD 5 2.2.1 Settings 8 2.3 User Interface 8 2.3.1 Top menu 10 2.3.2 Toolbars 10 2.3.3 Command line 14 2.3.4 Mouse operations 15 2.3.5 Dark GiD theme 16 2.4 User Basics v7 2.4.1 Point definition v7 2.4.1.1 Picking in the graphical window 18 2.4.1.2 Entering points by coordinates 18 2.4,1.2.1 Local-global coordinates 19 2.4,1.2.2 Cylindrical coordinates 20 2.4.1.2.3 Spherical coordinates 20 2.4.1.3 Base 20 2.4.1.4 Selecting an existing point 21 2.4.1.5 Point in line 21 2.4.1.6 Point in surface 21 2.4.1.7 Tangent in line 21 2.4.1.8 Normal in surface 21 2.4.1.9 Arc center 21 2.4.1.10 Grid 22 2.4.2 Entity selection 22 2.4.3 Escape 24 2.5 Files Menu 24 2.5.1 New 25 2.8.2 Open 25 2.8.3 Open multiple... (Only Postprocessing) 25 2.5.4 Merge... (Only Postprocessing) 26 2.8.5 Recent projects and Recent post files 26 2.8.6 Save (Only Preprocessing) 26 2.8.7 Save as... (only Preprocessing) 27 2.8.8 Import 27 2.8.8.1 Preprocessing 27 2.5.8.1.1 IGES 27Table of Contents 5.8.1 5.8.1 5.8.1 5.8.1 5.8.1 5.8.1 5.8.1 5.8.1 5.8.1. 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5.8.1. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .2 DXF .3 Parasolid 4 ACIS -SVDA .6 Rhinoceros .7 Shapefile .8 XYZ points 9 KML 10 NASTRAN mesh -11 STL mesh -12 VRML mesh, -13 3DStudio mesh -14 CGNS mesh -15 GiD mesh -16 Surface mesh -17 Ply mesh 18 VTK Voxels -19 XYZ nodes .20 UNV .21 STAR-CD .22 GDAL .23 EMA3D .24 Amelet. .25 Batch file .26 Insert GiD geometry 2.5.8.2 Postprocessing 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 2.5.9 Export 2.5.9.1 Preprocessing 5.9.1 5.9.1 5.9.1 5.9.1 5.9.1 5.9.1 1 NASTRAN mesh 2 FEMAP file .3 TECPLOT ASCII file 4 3D Studio file -5 XYZ ascii points 6 Vtk 7 Amelet 8 Cut 9 Graph 10 Stream lines 11 Plugins -LIGES .2 DXF .3 ACIS 4 Rhinoceros -5 GiD mesh .6 Amelet 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 30 a1 a1 32 32 32 34 34 35 35 35 36 36 36 36 37 38 38 38 38 38 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 40 40 40 40 41 41 41 41 41