Nowadays most analysis codes come with their own pre-processor. Why should I buy the TrueGrid® stand-alone pre-processor?
There are many reasons, but the two most compelling are quality and speed.
Analysis codes are complicated enough, they have many other topics other than mesh generation on which to focus their software talent. Advances in engineering mechanics such as new elements, more sophisticated contact algorithms, material models, and slicker GUIs are keeping developers busy. In addition, high quality hexahedral mesh generation on complex geometries is a difficult problem and quite different than simulation algorithms. XYZ Scientific Applications, Inc. does not author analysis codes or any other software other than TrueGrid®. We focus only on mesh generation and are dedicated to solving difficult meshing problems. For this reason we can ensure the best quality a mesh generation software can provide.
Pre-processing is typically 80% or more of the time taken to conduct a simulation. Faster mesh generation, with no reduction (or even an increase) in mesh quality, is your best way to reduce simulation costs. Your employee's time, not the price of the software, is the real cost of generating a mesh. TrueGrid®'s parametric batch input capability and our company's dedication to backward compatibility makes it easy to document the analysis code's input and to regenerate input files. Once all potential variations of a product's design are encoded in the TrueGrid® input file, the user only has to enter a few parameters, run the input file and proceed immediately to the analysis.
