Quick Reference

Geometry | File Import | Meshing | Genesis | Program | Entity Parsing | Groups | Graphics | Settings

The following is a brief overview of some of the most used command-line CUBIT commands.

GEOMETRY

Primitives

Brick X <> [Y <> Z <>]

Cylinder Radius <> Height <>

Frustum Z <> Radius <> [Top <>]

Frustum Z <> Maj Rad <> Min Rad <>

Prism Z <> Sides <> Rad <> [Maj <> Min <>]

Pyramid Height <> Sides <> Radius <>

Sphere Rad <> [Xpos] [Ypos] [Zpos] [Inn <>]

Torus Major Rad <> Minor Rad <>

Booleans

Unite <> [With <>] [keep]

Subtract <> From <> [keep]

Intersect <> [With <>] [keep]

Transformations

Body <> [Copy] Move <dx> <dy> <dz>

Move {} <> location {} <> [except [x] [y] [z]]

Rotate {} <> About {x| y| z|<> <> <>} Angle <>

Rotate {} <> About Vert <> Vert <> Angle <>

Rotate {} <> About Nor Of Surf <> Angle <> Body <> [Copy] Scale <> Body <> [Copy] Reflect {x| y| z|< x> <y> <z>}

Decomposition

Webcut {} <> Pla Vert <> [Vert]<> [Vert]<> ()

Webcut {} <> Plane Surf <> ()

Webcut {} <> Plane {xpla| ypla| zpla} [offs <>]

Webcut {} <> Tool [Body] <>

Webcut {} <> With Sheet {Body| Surf} <>

Webcut {} <> With Sheet Ext Fr Surf <>

Webcut {} <> Cyl Rad <> Axis {x| y| z| Vert <> Vert <>| <x><y><z>} [cent]

Options: [Noimprint| Imprint( default)], [Nomerge( default)| Merge], [group_ results] Section {} <> {{ xpla| ypla| zpla} [offs <>]} | Surf <>} [keep] [normal( default)| reverse]

FILE IMPORT

Import Acis 'filename'

Export Acis 'filename' [Body <>]

Import Mesh Geometry 'filename' (options)

MESHING

Mesh {} <>

Delete Mesh {} <> [Propagate]

Intervals

{} <> Interval {<> | Hard | Soft | Default}

{} <> Size {<> | Auto}

Match Intervals {} <> [Ass Grou [Onl| Infea]] [Seed Cur <>] [Map| Pave]

Mesh schemes

{} <> Scheme ...

Curve: bias, copy, curvature, equal, stretch

Surface: auto, circle, copy, hole, map, mirror, pave, pentagon, qtri, submap, triprimitive, trimap, trimesh, tripave

Volume: auto, copy, map, sphere, submap, sweep, tetmesh, tetprimitive, thex

Smooth {} <>

{} <> Smooth Scheme ...

Smooth schemes

Curves: laplacian, randomize

Surface: centroid area pull, equipotential, laplacian, condition number, randomize, untangle, winslow

Volume: equipotential, laplacian, condition number, untangle, randomize

GENESIS

Block <> {Group| Vol| Surf| Curv} <> [Remove]

SideSet <> {Group| Curve} <> [Remove]

NodeSet <> {} <> [Remove]

Export Genesis 'filename'

Block <> Attribute <>

Block <> Element Type <type_>

Curves: bar[| 2| 3]| beam[| 2| 3]| truss[| 2| 3]

Surfaces: quad[| 4| 8| 9]| shell[| 4| 8| 9]| tri[| 3| 6| 7]

Volumes: hex[| 8| 20| 27]| pyr| tetra[| 4| 8| 10| 14] hexshell

SideSet <> Surf <> [Rem|[ She][ For| Rev| Both]]

SideSet <> Surf <> wrt Volume <>

Reset {Genesis | Nodesets | Sidesets | Blocks}

PROGRAM

Play 'filename'

Record {' filename' | stop}

Logging {off|on file <'filename'> [resume]}

Reset

Reset Genesis

Quit

ENTITY PARSING

Examples

Surface 1 2 3 4 to 6 by 2 ...

Curve all in Volume 2 ...

Draw Edge all in Hex 32

List Curve 1 to 50 except 2 4 6

Draw Sideset 1 2 3 Curve 3 to 5 Hex 2 4 6

GROUPS

Group <> {add| equals| remove| xor} {} <>

Group <> {inters| unite} grou <> with grou <>

Group <> subtract group <> from group <>

GRAPHICS

Default mouse buttons (command line)

B1 - rotate; B2 - zoom; B3 - pan

Control-B1: pick entity (In graph win: 0,1,2,3,4 - Pick vert, curv, surf, vol, body)

Shortcuts (focus in Graphics Window)

a Add to selection group

b Toggle Bounding Box on Click

c Clear "picked" Group

d Display 'picked' group, make it the selection

e Echo ID of selection to command line

f Assign function to mouse button

g List geometry of selection

h Print help

i Toggle visibility of selection

j/k Move slicing plane down/up

l List current selection (as if you typed 'list ...')

control-l Give focus to the command prompt

m/n List picked group/selection contents

p Toggle Persistent Wireframe

q Quit Current Mode (Exit slicing if slicing)

r Remove from 'picked' Group

s Toggle save-mesh on slice move

u Toggle mouse circle visibility

v Reset view

w Toggle Wireframe on click

x/y/z Slice along x/y/z-axis

Shift-Z Zoom on current selection

F1 Save view 1 Numbers: set what you're picking.

ESC Cancel current Action

Tab Next possible selection

Shift-Tab Previous possible selection

SETTINGS