The URL of this survey
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sowen/softsurv.html
Some main points of this survey:
As part of a survey of unstructured mesh generation technology, an informal survey was conducted during September 1998 of current mesh and grid generation software. Over 100 surveys were mailed to software vendors, research labs and educational institutions. This list is definitely not all-inclusive, but I believe is fairly representative of what is currently available, as well as what is state-of-the-art. Only those responding to the survey are included here. While the emphasis of the survey is unstructured codes, there is also a considerable number of structured codes included. The codes range from simple research codes that are used only by a few people, to commercial products incorporated into sophisticated analysis packages. Please send any corrections or additions to this list to Steve Owen at sjowen@sandia.gov or sowen@adelphia
Another catalog of mesh generation software is available from CEWES, which also includes independant review information. I should also mention Robert Schneider's list of mesh generation software, which provided www information for most of the software in this survey.
Product Comparison
Software Products are grouped into the following categories.
Software Products
The following is an alphabetic list of software products in the survey
Overall Statistics
Total number of software products in survey | 94 |
Element Shapes | |
Number of products that generate triangles | 61 |
Number of products that generate quadrilaterals (non-structured codes) | 31 |
Number of products that generate tetrahedra | 42 |
Number of products that generate hexahedra (non-structured codes) | 22 |
Number of products that generate structured quads or hexes | 25 |
Availability | |
Number of Public Domain Codes | 38 |
Number of Research Codes | 26 |
Number of Commercial Products | 42 |
Number of Products Available as Stand-Alone Meshing Generator | 45 |
Number of Products providing Source Code | 25 |
Engineering Discipline | |
Number of Products used for Structural Applications | 26 |
Number of Products used for CFD (Fluids) Applications | 54 |
Number of Products used for EMAG (Electro-magnetic) Applications | 26 |
Number of Products used for Thermal Applications | 9 |
Number of Products used for Environmental Applications | 13 |
Tri/Tet Meshing Algorithm | |
Number of tri/tet codes using some form of Delaunay Algorithm | 42 |
Number of tri/tet codes using some form of Advancing Front Algorithm | 25 |
Number of tri/tet codes using an Octree Algorithm | 6 |
Quad/Hex Meshing Algorithm | |
Number of quad/hex codes using an Advancing_Front Algorithm | 10 |
Number of quad/hex codes using a Medial Axis/Surface Algorithm | 2 |
Number of quad/hex codes using an indirect Algorithm (combine triangles) | 8 |
Number of quad/hex codes using a Sweeping or Extrusion Algorithm | 10 |
Number of quad/hex codes using a Mapped Meshing Algorithm | 14 |
Other Features | |
Number of Products providing Boundary Layer definition | 19 |
Number of Products providing Adaptivity | 20 |
Number of Products providing Anisotropy (stretched elements) | 18 |
Number of Products providing Refinement | 39 |
Number of Products providing Mesh Improvement | 10 |
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