Template:GMS Creating a Grid Workflow

1. Creating a 3D grid.

1. Create a 3D grid from scratch. Right-click in the Project Explorer and select New | 3D Grid.... In the Create Finite Difference Grid dialog, enter the information for the X-, Y-, and Z-Dimension of the grid. 2. Create a 3D grid using a grid frame. Right-click in the Project Explorer and select the New | Grid Frame... command. Using the Select Grid Frame tool, right-click on the grid and select the Fit to Active Coverage command. Select the Feature Objects | Map → 3D Grid... menu command. In the Create Finite Difference Grid dialog, enter the information for the X-, Y-, and Z-Dimension of the grid.

2. Creating a 3D UGrid.

Create a 3D UGrid in one of the following ways: 1. Create a 3D UGrid from scratch. Right-click in the Project Explorer and select New | UGrid 3D.... In the New UGrid dialog, enter the information for the X-, Y-, and Z-Dimension of the grid. 2. Create a 3D UGrid from a coverage. Right-click on the desired coverage and select the Map To | UGrid command. In the Map → UGrid dialog, set the Dimension drop-down to "3D". Enter the rest of the information for the grid, including the X-, Y-, and Z-Dimension information.