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+# Bare border volumes
+
+from smesh import *
+SetCurrentStudy(salome.myStudy)
+
+box = geompy.MakeBoxDXDYDZ(100, 30, 10)
+# the smallest face of the box
+face = geompy.SubShapeAllSorted( box, geompy.ShapeType["FACE"])[0]
+
+geompy.addToStudy( box, "box" )
+geompy.addToStudyInFather( box, face, "face" )
+
+mesh = Mesh(box)
+mesh.AutomaticHexahedralization();
+
+# remove half of mesh faces from the smallest face
+faceFaces = mesh.GetSubMeshElementsId(face)
+faceToRemove = faceFaces[: len(faceFaces)/2]
+mesh.RemoveElements( faceToRemove )
+
+# make a group of volumes missing the removed faces
+bareGroup = mesh.MakeGroup("bare volumes", VOLUME, FT_BareBorderVolume)
+assert(bareGroup.Size() == len( faceToRemove))