TurboMesh

MESHING
RESEARCH
CORNER

MESH/GRID
GENERATION
SOFTWARE
SURVEY

Contact: David Holmes

Email: diholm@99main.com

Web Site:

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

software is also available from Harvard Thermal Inc.

Customer Support: Yes

Approximate Number of Users: 10

Pricing: $450 mesher + solver

Platform: Windows

Input:

Boundary facets with DXF edge segment definition defines boundary surfaces

Engineering Discipline: Structural, Thermal

Elements: Quadrilateral, Hexahedra

Surface Meshing: Yes

Quad/Hex Method: Medial Axis

See 4’th IMR proceedings page 141.

Element Sizing Method: Manual

Options exist for adjusting the number of elements along any edge segment and placing control regions for boundary element placement.

Other Features:

Comments:

SolidPoint is offering a relational geometry solver in FEA.
Dissimilar features are combined into a single solution making mesh generation of high quality quad faced elements possible for prototype solids. Meshes are glued together in TurboMesh as in an add on Windows interface to analysis packages moving FEA into the established standard parts PDM domain.