Hi all,
I learned about GID yesterday on the Meshing Research Corner.
I am looking for a Hexahedra Meshing Generation Software to generate
an assemblage of eigth-node brick-like elements from a triangle mesh.
Later I will use this assemblage of brick-like elements as an input in
the
non-linear finite element model that I am developing to simulate soft
tissues.
I would like to do the following with this Hexahedra Meshing Generation
Software:
a) Import triangle mesh data possible using .OBJ format (Wavefront and
Maya format)
b) Generate the hexahedra data representation
c) Export hexahedra data representation in such a way that I can
represent
in my internal data structure
I know that .OBJ format is not supported by GID. I believe that I can
write
my own personalized format reader.
I saw some examples in the tutorials and in the manual about tetrahedral
meshes.
I will go over this documentation in the weekend to see if I can find
something
more specific regarding Hexahedra meshing.
At this point I have 2 questions:
- Can I perform the steps a, b, and c described above with GID?
- Is there any kind of limitation to perform the steps a, b, and c with
GID?
Thanks a lot for your attention. Any pointers regarding my questions are
more than welcome.
All the best.
Robson Lemos
Ph.D. Student
University of Calgary - Canada
Department of Computer Science