Contents

• Introduction
• Concept
• File Formats
• Getting Started
• Program Parameters
• Input Devices
  • Mouse
  • Keyboard
  
  
• Menu
  • Datasets
  • Viewing
  • Animate
  • Frame
  • Zoom
  • Center
  • Enquire
  • Cut
  • Graph
  • User
  • Orientation
  • Hardcopy
  • Help
  • Toggle CommandLine
  • Quit
  
  
• Customization
• Commands
  • anim
  • area
  • asgn
  • bia
  • body
  • break
  • call
  • capt
  • cmap
  • cntr
  • col
  • comp
  • cont
  • copy
  • corrad
  • csysa
  • cut
  • del
  • dist
  • div
  • ds
  • elem
  • else
  • else if
  • elty
  • endif
  • endwhile
  • enq
  • eprop
  • eqal
  • exit
  • fil
  • flip
  • flpc
  • font
  • frame
  • gbod
  • gonly
  • graph
  • grpa
  • grps
  • gsur
  • gtol
  • hcpy
  • help
  • if
  • int
  • init
  • lcmb
  • length
  • line
  • lnor
  • mata
  • map
  • mats
  • max
  • maxc
  • maxr
  • menu
  • merg
  • mesh
  • mids
  • min
  • minc
  • minr
  • minus
  • mm
  • move
  • movi
  • msg
  • mshp
  • neigh
  • node
  • norm
  • nurl
  • nurs
  • ori
  • plot
  • plus
  • pnt
  • prnt
  • proj
  • qadd
  • qali
  • qbia
  • qbod
  • qcnt
  • qcut
  • qdel
  • qdis
  • qdiv
  • qenq
  • qfil
  • qflp
  • qint
  • qlin
  • qmov
  • qmsh
  • qnor
  • qpnt
  • qnod
  • qrem
  • qseq
  • qshp
  • qspl
  • qsur
  • qtxt
  • quit
  • read
  • rep
  • rnam
  • rot
  • save
  • scal
  • send
  • seqa
  • seqc
  • seql
  • seta
  • setc
  • sete
  • seti
  • seto
  • setr
  • shpe
  • split
  • stack
  • steps
  • stop
  • surf
  • swep
  • sys
  • test
  • thrs
  • tra
  • trfm
  • txt
  • typs
  • ucut
  • ulin
  • val
  • valu
  • view
  • volu
  • while
  • wpos
  • wsize
  • zap
  • zoom
  
  
• Element Types
• Result Format
  • Model Header Record
  • User Header Record
  • Nodal Point Coordinate Block
  • Element Definition Block
  • Parameter Header Record
  • Nodal Results Block
  
  
• Pre-defined Calculations
  • Von Mises Equivalent Stress
  • Von Mises Equivalent Strain
  • Principal Stresses
  • Principal Strains
  • maxShear Stresses
  • Cylindrical Stresses
  • Weighted Error
  
  
• Meshing rules
• User-Functions
• Known Problems
  • Program is not responding
  • Program generates a segmentation fault
  
  
• Tips and Hints
  • How to change the format of the movie file
  • How to get the sets from a geo- or ccx-inp file for post-processing
  • How to define a set of entities
  • How to enquire node numbers and values at certain locations
  • How to select only nodes on the surface
  • How to write values to a file
  • How to generate a user dataset
  • How to generate a time-history plot
  • How the mesh is related to the geometry
  • How to change the order of elements
  • How to connect independent meshes
  • How to define loads and constraints
  • How to map loads
  • How to run cgx in batch mode
  • How to process results
  • How to deal with CAD-geometry
  • How to check an input file for ccx
  • Remarks Concerning Ansys
  • Remarks Concerning Code Aster
  • Remarks Concerning dolfyn
  • Remarks Concerning Duns and Isaac
  • Remarks Concerning Nastran
  • Remarks Concerning NETGEN
  • Remarks Concerning OpenFOAM
  • Remarks Concerning Samcef
  
  
• Simple Examples
  • Disc
  • Cylinder
  • Sphere
  • Sphere (Volume)
  • Airfoil for cfd codes
  • If and while demo
  • Data storage in a user dataset
  • User File Parser
  
  
• Bibliography