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+# Maximum Element Volume
+
+import salome
+salome.salome_init_without_session()
+
+from salome.smesh import smeshBuilder
+from salome.geom import geomBuilder
+
+geom_builder = geomBuilder.New()
+smesh_builder = smeshBuilder.New()
+
+# create a cylinder
+cyl = geom_builder.MakeCylinderRH(30., 50.)
+geom_builder.addToStudy(cyl, "cyl")
+
+# create a mesh on the cylinder
+tetra = smesh_builder.Mesh(cyl, "Cylinder : tetrahedrical mesh")
+
+# assign algorithms
+algo1D = tetra.Segment()
+algo2D = tetra.Triangle()
+algo3D = tetra.Tetrahedron()
+
+# assign 1D and 2D hypotheses
+algo1D.NumberOfSegments(7)
+algo2D.MaxElementArea(150.)
+
+# assign Max Element Volume hypothesis
+algo3D.MaxElementVolume(200.)
+
+# compute the mesh
+ret = tetra.Compute()
+if ret == 0:
+ print("problem when computing the mesh")
+else:
+ print("Computation succeeded")
