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+# Local Length
+
+import salome
+salome.salome_init_without_session()
+
+from salome.geom import geomBuilder
+from salome.smesh import smeshBuilder
+
+geom_builder = geomBuilder.New()
+smesh_builder = smeshBuilder.New()
+
+# create a box
+box = geom_builder.MakeBoxDXDYDZ(10., 10., 10.)
+geom_builder.addToStudy(box, "Box")
+
+# get one edge of the box to put local hypothesis on
+p5 = geom_builder.MakeVertex(5., 0., 0.)
+EdgeX = geom_builder.GetEdgeNearPoint(box, p5)
+geom_builder.addToStudyInFather(box, EdgeX, "Edge [0,0,0 - 10,0,0]")
+
+# create a hexahedral mesh on the box
+hexa = smesh_builder.Mesh(box, "Box : hexahedrical mesh")
+
+# set algorithms
+algo1D = hexa.Segment()
+hexa.Quadrangle()
+hexa.Hexahedron()
+
+# define "NumberOfSegments" hypothesis to cut all edges in a fixed number of segments
+algo1D.NumberOfSegments(4)
+
+# create a sub-mesh
+algo_local = hexa.Segment(EdgeX)
+
+# define "LocalLength" hypothesis to cut an edge in several segments with the same length
+algo_local.LocalLength(2.)
+
+# define "Propagation" hypothesis that propagates all other hypothesis
+# on all edges on the opposite side in case of quadrangular faces
+algo_local.Propagation()
+
+# compute the mesh
+hexa.Compute()
