MeshMaker

MESHING
RESEARCH
CORNER

MESH/GRID
GENERATION
SOFTWARE
SURVEY

Contact: Joshua Margolin

Email: margolinj@argusint.com

Web Site: http://www.argusint.com/MeshGeneration.html

Availability: Commercial Code

Customer Support: Yes

Approximate Number of Users: 1000s

Pricing: For Mac and PC:
Argus MeshMaker Grid Module - Finite Differences Grids - $500.00
Argus MeshMaker Tri Module - Triangular Finite Element Meshes - $750.00
Argus MeshMaker Quad Module - Quadrilateral Finite Element Meshes - $750.00

Platform: Windows, Macintosh, UNIX (SGI, IBM, HP)

Input: Native

GIS Shape files, Autocad DXF, Native, on-screen digitizing, on screen drawing

Engineering Discipline: CFD, Environmental

Elements: Triangle, Quadrilateral

Surface Meshing: Yes

Tri/Tet Method: Delaunay

Quad/Hex Method: Indirect

Triangular transformation, Grid transformation, Fishnet (SuperBlocks

Element Sizing Method: Manual, Automatic based on feature sizes

Other Features: Refinement

interactive editing, refinement, renumbering for bandwidth. Close integration with GIS information and geostatistical utilities. Export in any format to fit model requirements using export template
programming. Supports user developed external meshing algorithms.

Comments:

In addition to a GIS module, Argus ONE has 3 Meshing engines: Argus MeshMaker Grid Module - Finite Differences Grids, Argus MeshMaker Tri Module - Triangular Finite Element Meshes, Argus MeshMaker Quad Module - Quadrilateral Finite Element Meshes