[AeroCat]

Seems like pointwise will automatically populate my grid with quilts and models when for each iges surface that I import. What's that about? Gridgen didn't do that. So then as I'm trying to manage them, I have three times as many entities.

[cnsidero]

It will only added a model/quilt pair for each trimmed surface in an IGES file. Pure B-spline surfaces will remain as is. You can add a model/quilt pair for B-spline surfaces if you want to add them to a model. Also note, if an IGES file has a model (aka solid) in it, Pointwise will recognize it.

This is to support the overhauled and much upgraded modeling/quilting in Pointwise. Gridgen's modeling/quilting took a much different, and IMHO a more inferior, approach.

I suggest you read the modeling tutorial (Chap. 4) in Pointwise's Tutorial Workbook to get up to speed with it.

Originally Posted by AeroCat

Seems like pointwise will automatically populate my grid with quilts and models when for each iges surface that I import. What's that about? Gridgen didn't do that. So then as I'm trying to manage them, I have three times as many entities.