GiD to Impact Interface |
The preparation of input file of Impact solver can be done within GiD by using a special Impact GiD interface. In general, the work flow of GiD and Impact is shown in Figure below.
Although Impact has its own pre and post processors, GiD however is more flexible in dealing with complex model, both in geometry modeling and in meshing of the model. For this reason, it is recommended to use GiD as the pre and post processors, while Impact solver is employed for the solution.
Features |
GiD to Impact interface provides an interface that enable GiD users to prepare Impact analysis model follows the format of Fembic data format (*.in input file) for Impact.
Most of Impact input parameters as defined in Fembic data structure can be prepared in GiD.
In this interface version 0.1 the input data preparation is performed in three main menu:
Conditions, Material and Problem Data.
Installation |
The free/open source Impact Finite Element Program can be downloaded from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/impact/.
Download the latest version (.*zip), then unzip in a any folder according to users preference.
Please note that Impact requires Java, i.e. Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) or
Development Kit (JDK) and Java3D.
GiD-Impact interface is available as free and open source, and can be found in Impact folder (/interfaces).
In order to activate GiD to Impact interface, go to menu
Data > Problem type > Impact and select Impact,
License |
GiD to IMPACT Interface is GUI problemtype module in GiD
Copyright (C) 2004-2011 Impact Developer Team
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Credits |
There are many people contributing to the development of Impact: