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Geometry and Mesh Generation Toolkit
CUBIT Fast-Start Tutorial
1. Introduction
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Contact Info.
• Bugs, enhancement requests:– [email protected]
• Meshing Questions, CUBIT community:– [email protected]
• To subscribe, send an email to [email protected] with “subscribe cubit” in the subject
• Cubit announcements– [email protected]
• To subscribe, send an email to [email protected] with “subscribe cubit-announce” in the subject
• Website: – http://cubit.sandia.gov
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Important Info.
• Please power off personal electronics!
• Please do not attach personal electronics to SNL owned equipment!
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Platforms
Windows (64 bit)
Linux (64 bit)
Mac OS/X (64 bit)
Downloads https://cubit.sandia.gov/click on DownloadsEnter Password
Sandia CEELinux LAN
Add /projects/cubit to your PATHType cubit at linux prompt.
Password Sandia: Your Kerberos passwordOthers: from Cubit License
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Licensing
Free, Site license in place (Do not share offsite)
Free.Fill out online forms at cubit.sandia.gov/public/licensing.htmlPending approval from SNL licensing,
receive password to CUBIT DownloadsShare with colleagues in same organization
- All subject to license termsDo NOT share outside of company/organization 1 Password = 1 point of Contact
Sandia
Other Government
Others/AcademicSee csimsoft for license termshttp://www.csimsoft.com
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User Interfaces
Command Line Graphical User Interface
•Better Performance•Power Users•Harder to learn/use
•Interactive, Intuitive•More tools available•Easy to learn/use
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CAD Model CUBIT Mesh
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•Meshing Tools•Geometry Creation•Geometry Preparation•Mesh Optimization•Boundary Conditions•Scripting•Automation
CAD Model CUBIT Mesh
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CAD Model CUBIT Mesh•Meshing Tools•Geometry Creation•Geometry Preparation•Mesh Optimization•Boundary Conditions•Scripting•Automation
•ACIS•STEP•IGES•Facets•STL•Exodus II
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•Meshing Tools•Geometry Creation•Geometry Preparation•Mesh Optimization•Boundary Conditions•Scripting•Automation
•ACIS•STEP•IGES•Facets•STL•Exodus II
•Exodus II•Abaqus•IDEAS-Universal•NASTRAN-BDF•Patran•LS-Dyna•Fluent
CAD Model CUBIT Mesh
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Geometry Entities in CUBIT
Mesh Entities, which approximate geometry entities of same dimension
Vertex Curve Surface BodyVolume
Node Edge Face HexHex
CUBIT Meshes Vertices First, Then Curves, Then Surfaces, Then Volumes(Advancing Front Paradigm)
Tri Tet
Entity Types in CUBIT
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Meshing
Mapped Sub-map
Pave Trimesh
Surface Meshing
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Meshing
Mapped
Sweep
Sub-map
Tetmesh
Volume Meshing
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Online Help
CUBIT online help from https://cubit.sandia.gov
Tip of the Day: Lots of valuable nuggets at Cubit startup
User Documentation from the Help Menu (same as online help)
Command Panels: Help on specific command