Geometry Preparation with GridTool

A native geometry file can be generated using GridTool with the -felisa command line option. This option slightly changes the layout of the GridTool GUI and adds options for saving the geometry model as a FELISA dat file. There are two versions of the FELISA dat files supported by GridTool. GridEx only supports the new version.

To create a FELISA dat file, define patches for the model in GridTool as usual and associate each non-planar patch with exactly one surface. Patches can be n-sided and have multiple loops. Save the FELISA dat (new version) file. Load the FELISA dat file into "GridEx native" as a part file and proceed as normal.

NOTE: FELISA native geometry models cannot be combined with solid primitives in GridEx. Therefore, the entire final domain must be constructed in GridTool and saved to the FELISA dat file.