MG (Mesh Generator)

MESHING
RESEARCH
CORNER

MESH/GRID
GENERATION
SOFTWARE
SURVEY

Contact: Luiz Cristovão Gomes Coelho

Email: lula@tecgraf.puc-rio.br

Web Site: http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/

Availability: Public Domain, Commercial Code, Stand-alone Mesh/Grid Generator

Customer Support: Yes

Approximate Number of Users: 40

Pricing: free for academic purposes, US$ 900 commercial

Platform: Windows, Macintosh, UNIX (Linux,IRIX,AIX,SunOS,Solaris)

Input: Native

a single text file describing curves, surfaces and meshes

Engineering Discipline:

Civil and Naval engineers

Elements: Triangle, Quadrilateral, Tetrahedra, Hexahedra

Surface Meshing: Yes

Tri/Tet Method: Delaunay, Advancing Front

Delaunay for surface meshes and Advancing Front for tetrahedral meshes

Quad/Hex Method: Sweeping, Mapped Meshing

Mapped meshing for surfaces and spline sweeping for hexahedral meshes

Element Sizing Method: Manual

Manual in primary meshes and based on orginal sizes for intersecting surfaces

Other Features:

The geometry and mesh attributes are configurable for different analisys

Comments:

The user interface was built with the direct manipulation paradigma in 3D with a mobile plane to specify positions.