ITASCA Software software

BlockRanger is Griddle’s interactive, easy-to-use, all-hexahedral mapped volume mesh generator. Hexahedral structured meshes provide strict control of element quality, spatial distribution, and orientation and can result in more accurate stress calculations (e.g., for tunnel linings). Using Rhinoceros 3D CAD tools,* you can interactively partition, or build, an assembly of watertight solids with matching corners, edges and faces, consisting of tetrahedrons (4-sided), prisms (5-sided), and hexahedrons (6-sided). If the solids are contiguous, BlockRanger also ensures that the resulting mesh maintains grid conformity and continuity across block corners, edges, and faces.

Griddle offers engineers and scientists both automatic, interactive, and easy-to-use surface meshing and volume grid generation capabilities for FLAC3D, 3DEC, and many other engineering modeling formats, including ABAQUS, ANSYS, NASTRAN, LS-DYNA, VRML, and CSV. Griddle is a plug-in for Rhinoceros 3D (Rhino)* CAD software, leveraging the powerful CAD tools available in Rhino.

Rhinoceros (Rhino) is a solid modeling tool for designers and engineers. With Rhino you can import, create, edit, and export geometrical objects in a variety of formats for use in Itasca software (FLAC3D, 3DEC, PFC). Rhino is developed by Robert McNeel & Associates. Itasca is an authorized reseller of Rhinoceros. Rhino 3D is not only powerful, but very affordable at US$895* when bundled with a related Itasca software (Griddle, FLAC3D, 3DEC, or PFC3D).