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+# Maximum Element Area
+
+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 face
+px = geom_builder.MakeVertex(100., 0. , 0. )
+py = geom_builder.MakeVertex(0. , 100., 0. )
+pz = geom_builder.MakeVertex(0. , 0. , 100.)
+
+vxy = geom_builder.MakeVector(px, py)
+arc = geom_builder.MakeArc(py, pz, px)
+wire = geom_builder.MakeWire([vxy, arc])
+
+isPlanarFace = 1
+face = geom_builder.MakeFace(wire, isPlanarFace)
+
+# add the face in the study
+id_face = geom_builder.addToStudy(face, "Face to be meshed")
+
+# create a mesh
+tria_mesh = smesh_builder.Mesh(face, "Face : triangulation")
+
+# define 1D meshing:
+algo = tria_mesh.Segment()
+algo.NumberOfSegments(20)
+
+# define 2D meshing:
+
+# assign triangulation algorithm
+algo = tria_mesh.Triangle()
+
+# assign "Max Element Area" hypothesis
+algo.MaxElementArea(100)
+
+# compute the mesh
+tria_mesh.Compute()
