A pleat is a folded filter medium that can be of rectangular or cylindrical shape and sandwiched between an inner and an outer support structure. These support structures can be welded-netted or woven. The support structure can be missing altogether.

Open PleatGeo by choosing Model → PleatGeo in the Menu bar. The heading PleatGeo appears above the module section, on the bottom left of the GeoDict GUI.

PleatGeo can be used to:

• Create a Rectangular Pleat, for a straight or rectangular pleat filter.
• Create a Cylindrical Pleat filter element. The models are not only available in the usual GDT format, but also as CAD data in the STL file format for use in third party simulations tools such as Fluent, CFX or Star-CD.

The results of every PleatGeo run are saved in a *.gdr file (GeoDict Results file) containing the data about the structure generation. Enter a suitable name for the *.gdr file or click the Browse… button to select one from the chosen project folder.

To use any of these options, select the mode from the pull-down menu and then enter the necessary parameters through the Edit … button located in its panel.

Clicking Generate in the PleatGeo module section generates a pleat or pleat medium using the entered pleat Options. View the pleat structure in 3D by selecting View → 3D Rendering in the Menu bar.

Macro files containing all steps of the pleat generation process can be recorded and saved in the project folder when selecting Macro → Start Macro Recording... in the Menu bar. When recording a macro, Record becomes active and Generate changes to Generate & Record.

Click Cloud to run the pleat generation command in the GeoDict cloud, see the Cloud User Guide for details. To run the pleat generation on machines connected in your local network, click Job Queue, also explained in more detail in the Job Queue User Guide. If interested in cloud simulations or job queueing contact Math2Market to apply for a GeoDict cloud or job queueing license.

At the end of the pleat generation process, a *.gdr result file is saved in the project folder. Besides the result file, a results folder with the same base name is created. This results folder contains a *.gdt (GeoDict Structure) file of the generated pleat.