CUBIT Users Tutorial

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CUBIT Users Tutorial

• April 2005

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Contact Info.

• Bugs, enhancement requests
• cubit-help_at_sandia.gov
• Meshing Questions, CUBIT community
• cubit_at_sandia.gov
• To subscribe, send an email to majordomo_at_jal.sandi
  a.gov with subscribe cubit in the subject
• Cubit announcements
• cubit-announce_at_sandia.gov
• To subscribe, send an email to majordomo_at_sandia.go
  v with subscribe cubit-announce in the subject
• Website
• http//cubit.sandia.gov

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Tutorial Schedule
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CUBIT is a Meshing Toolkit

• Mesh generation algorithms
• Mesh optimization algorithms
• CAD geometry capabilities
• Automation and control algorithms
• Mesh export (Exodus II format)
• Infrastructure to hold it all together

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Geometry Operations

• Geometry Creation
• Importing Geometry from Files
• Geometry Modification
• Partitioning (webcutting)
• Transformations
• Geometry Booleans
• Geometry Query
• Volume, Length, Distance Between, etc.

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Meshing Algorithms

• Curve Meshing
• Equal, Bias, DualBias
• Surface Meshing
• Mapping, Submapping, Paving, Primitives
• Volume Meshing
• Mapping, Submapping, Sweeping, Primitives

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Mesh Optimization Algorithms

• Quality Metrics
• Jacobian, Skew, Shape, etc.
• Smoothing Schemes
• Other Mesh Control Methods
• Bias Propagation, Refinement

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Automation Algorithms

• Scheme Selection
• Mesh Dependency Ordering
• Interval matching
• Sizing

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Entity Types in CUBIT
Geometry Entities in CUBIT Mesh Entities,
which approximate geometry entities of same
dimension
Vertex
Curve
Surface
Body
Volume
Node
Edge
Face
Hex
Hex
Tri
Tet
CUBIT Meshes Vertices First, Then Curves, Then
Surfaces, Then Volumes (Advancing Front Paradigm)