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Pointwise is solving the top problem facing engineering analysts today:
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Gridgen is a commercial mesh generator developed, distributed, and supported by Pointwise, Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.  Development of Gridgen began in 1984 and commercialization began in 1994.
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mesh generation for computational fluid dynamics (CFD).  Pointwise's
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Gridgen software generates structured, unstructured, and hybrid meshes;
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The last production release of Gridgen was Version 15.18, released in August 2012.
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interfaces with CFD solvers such as FLUENT, STAR-CD, and ANSYS CFX as
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well as many neutral formats such as CGNS; runs on Windows (Intel and
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Gridgen's end-of-life went into effect in September 2016.
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AMD), Linux (Intel and AMD), Mac, and Unix; and has a scripting language
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that can automate CFD meshing. Large manufacturing firms and research
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organizations worldwide rely on Gridgen as their complete CFD
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== Supported Mesh Types ==
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pre-processing toolkit. More information about Gridgen is available on
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Pointwise's web site, www.pointwise.com.
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#Structured (mapped quad and hex)
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#Unstructured (Delaunay tri and tet)
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#Hybrid (prism-tet, hex-pyramid-tet, etc.)
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== Geometry Modeling ==
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Geometry import formats include the following.
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#IGES
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#STL
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#PLOT3D
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#Points
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Geometry export includes the following formats.
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#IGES
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#Gridgen Native
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Geometry that can be created in Gridgen includes the following entity types.
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#solid model
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#quilt
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#trimmed surface
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#Coon's patch
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#polyconic surface
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#surface of revolution
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#sweep surface
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#ruled surface
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#circle
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#conic
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#curve (Catmull-Rom and Akima)
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#line
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#point
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#note
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== CFD Solver Interfaces ==
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Gridgen can export meshes and boundary conditions in the following native formats.
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#ADPAC
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#CFDSHIP-IOWA
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#CFD++
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#CFX-4 and CFX-5
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#CGNS
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#CNSFV
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#COBALT
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#COMO
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#CRUNCH
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#DTNS
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#EXODUS II
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#FALCON
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#FANS
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#FDNS/UNIC
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#FLUENT V4 and FLUENT
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#FrontFlow
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#GASP
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#GUST
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#INCA V2 and V3
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#NCC
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#NPARC
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#NSAERO
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#OVERFLOW
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#PHOENICS
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#SCRYU and SCRYU/Tetra
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#Splitflow
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#STAR-CCM+
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#STAR-CD
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#TACOMA
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#TASCflow
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#TEAM
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#TETREX
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#VSAERO and VSAEROhybrid
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#WIND and WIND-US
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Grid files (without boundary conditions) may also be written in the following formats.
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#PLOT3D
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#PATRAN
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#NASTRAN
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#UCD
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#VRML 1.0
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#STL
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#XPATCH
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#IGES
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== Hardware Support ==
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Gridgen runs on the following platforms.
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# Windows on Intel and AMD
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# Linux on Intel and AMD)
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# Mac
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# HP-UX 11.11 on PA-RISC
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# SGI IRIX
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# Sun Solaris
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== Scripting ==
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Gridgen has a Tcl-based scripting language called GridgenGlyph that can automate CFD meshing.
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==External links==
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[http://www.gridgen.com/ Gridgen's web site]

Latest revision as of 13:19, 13 June 2018

Gridgen is a commercial mesh generator developed, distributed, and supported by Pointwise, Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Development of Gridgen began in 1984 and commercialization began in 1994.

The last production release of Gridgen was Version 15.18, released in August 2012.

Gridgen's end-of-life went into effect in September 2016.


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Supported Mesh Types

  1. Structured (mapped quad and hex)
  2. Unstructured (Delaunay tri and tet)
  3. Hybrid (prism-tet, hex-pyramid-tet, etc.)

Geometry Modeling

Geometry import formats include the following.

  1. IGES
  2. STL
  3. PLOT3D
  4. Points

Geometry export includes the following formats.

  1. IGES
  2. Gridgen Native

Geometry that can be created in Gridgen includes the following entity types.

  1. solid model
  2. quilt
  3. trimmed surface
  4. Coon's patch
  5. polyconic surface
  6. surface of revolution
  7. sweep surface
  8. ruled surface
  9. circle
  10. conic
  11. curve (Catmull-Rom and Akima)
  12. line
  13. point
  14. note

CFD Solver Interfaces

Gridgen can export meshes and boundary conditions in the following native formats.

  1. ADPAC
  2. CFDSHIP-IOWA
  3. CFD++
  4. CFX-4 and CFX-5
  5. CGNS
  6. CNSFV
  7. COBALT
  8. COMO
  9. CRUNCH
  10. DTNS
  11. EXODUS II
  12. FALCON
  13. FANS
  14. FDNS/UNIC
  15. FLUENT V4 and FLUENT
  16. FrontFlow
  17. GASP
  18. GUST
  19. INCA V2 and V3
  20. NCC
  21. NPARC
  22. NSAERO
  23. OVERFLOW
  24. PHOENICS
  25. SCRYU and SCRYU/Tetra
  26. Splitflow
  27. STAR-CCM+
  28. STAR-CD
  29. TACOMA
  30. TASCflow
  31. TEAM
  32. TETREX
  33. VSAERO and VSAEROhybrid
  34. WIND and WIND-US

Grid files (without boundary conditions) may also be written in the following formats.

  1. PLOT3D
  2. PATRAN
  3. NASTRAN
  4. UCD
  5. VRML 1.0
  6. STL
  7. XPATCH
  8. IGES

Hardware Support

Gridgen runs on the following platforms.

  1. Windows on Intel and AMD
  2. Linux on Intel and AMD)
  3. Mac
  4. HP-UX 11.11 on PA-RISC
  5. SGI IRIX
  6. Sun Solaris

Scripting

Gridgen has a Tcl-based scripting language called GridgenGlyph that can automate CFD meshing.

External links

Gridgen's web site

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