Gridgen
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| - | Gridgen is a commercial mesh generator developed and sold by Pointwise, Inc. | + | Gridgen is a commercial mesh generator developed and sold by Pointwise, Inc. Development of Gridgen began in 1984 and commercial development, distribution, and support began in 1994. |
Gridgen features include: | Gridgen features include: | ||
| - | #Structured, unstructured, and hybrid meshing. | + | #Structured (mapped quad and hex), unstructured (Delaunay tri and tet), and hybrid (prism-tet, hex-pyramid-tet, etc.) meshing. |
| - | # | + | #Geometry modeling that includes neutral (IGES & STEP), native (Pro/E, CATIA, & UG), and de facto standard (STL) import, geometry creation including intersections, solid modeling, and IGES export. |
| + | #Native interfaces to CFD solvers such as FLUENT, STAR-CD, ANSYS CFX, CFD++, and Cobalt as well as neutral formats such as CGNS | ||
#Runs on Windows (Intel and AMD), Linux (Intel and AMD), Mac, and Unix | #Runs on Windows (Intel and AMD), Linux (Intel and AMD), Mac, and Unix | ||
| - | #Has a scripting language that can automate CFD meshing | + | #Has a Tcl-based scripting language called GridgenGlyph that can automate CFD meshing |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| - | [http://www.pointwise.com Pointwise's web site] | + | [http://www.pointwise.com/ Pointwise's web site] |
Revision as of 17:16, 26 March 2006
Gridgen is a commercial mesh generator developed and sold by Pointwise, Inc. Development of Gridgen began in 1984 and commercial development, distribution, and support began in 1994.
Gridgen features include:
- Structured (mapped quad and hex), unstructured (Delaunay tri and tet), and hybrid (prism-tet, hex-pyramid-tet, etc.) meshing.
- Geometry modeling that includes neutral (IGES & STEP), native (Pro/E, CATIA, & UG), and de facto standard (STL) import, geometry creation including intersections, solid modeling, and IGES export.
- Native interfaces to CFD solvers such as FLUENT, STAR-CD, ANSYS CFX, CFD++, and Cobalt as well as neutral formats such as CGNS
- Runs on Windows (Intel and AMD), Linux (Intel and AMD), Mac, and Unix
- Has a Tcl-based scripting language called GridgenGlyph that can automate CFD meshing
