User Manual IGG v8 Interactive Grid Generator.pdf

User Manual
IGG™ v8
Interactive Grid Generator
- April 2011 -
NUMERICAL MECHANICS APPLICATIONS
User Manual
IGG™ v8
Documentation v8e
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NUMERICAL MECHANICS APPLICATIONS
Contents
CHAPTER 1:Getting Started 1-1
1-1 What is IGG™? 1-1
1-2 Structure of the Manual 1-2
1-3 Installation & Settings 1-2
Basic Installation 1-2
patibility 1-3
Expert Display Options 1-3
Graphics Driver 1-3
Background & Foreground Colors 1-3
1-4 How to Start IGG™ Interface 1-4
1-5 Terms & Concepts 1-4
Block Shape Control 1-5
Grid Control 1-7
Internal Grid Lines 1-8
Internal Faces 1-8
Block, Face, Edge, Segment Numbering & Active Entities 1-9
Grid Generation 1-10
Boundary Conditions 1-12
1-6 Visualization 1-13
Geometry 1-13
Grid 1-13
CHAPTER 2:Graphical User Interface 2-1
2-1 Overview 2-1
2-2 GUI Description 2-2
Menu Bar 2-2
Toolbar 2-3
Quick Access Pad 2-4
Control Area 2-5
Message Area 2-5
Keyboard Input Area 2-6
Mouse Coordinates 2-6
Information Area 2-6
Grid Parameters Area 2-6
Viewing Buttons 2-7
Graphics Area 2-9
2-3 GUI Interaction 2-10
Keyboard Shortcuts 2-10
Default Mouse Bindings 2-13
CHAPTER 3:Meshing Fundamentals 3-1
3-1 Introduction 3-1
3-2 Basic Block Creation 3-2
Creating block defined by two opposite vertices 3-2
Creating a block by its eight vertices 3-3
Creating a block by extrusion from an existing block 3-4
Creating blocks by duplication of existing block(s) 3-5
Block extension 3-6
3-3 Block Mapping 3-7
Moving vertex 3-7
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Adding/deleting vertices 3-8
Vertex snapping 3-9
Vertex locking 3-10
Edge mapping 3-10
Edge mapping onto disjointed curves 3-11
Edge mapping on surface 3-12
Faster vertex movement 3-13
3-4 Edge Grid Control 3-13
Fixed point control 3-14
Segment control 3-16
3-5 Face Generation 3-18
Face