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2 About SALOME MG-CADSurf plug-in
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5 SALOME MG-CADSurf plug-in adds DISTENE MG-CADSurf (former BLSURF) meshing algorithm
6 to the SALOME Mesh module.
8 MG-CADSurf meshing algorithm is destined for generation of 2D meshes basing
9 on the 2D geometric entities (faces).
11 For more information please visit the SALOME platform web site:
13 <http://www.salome-platform.org/>
19 SALOME platform is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
20 See COPYING file for more details.
22 Also, additional information can be found at SALOME platform web site:
24 <http://www.salome-platform.org/downloads/license/>
34 SALOME platform relies on a set of third-party softwares; some of them are needed
35 at build time only, while other ones are needed in runtime also.
37 For more information about the pre-requisites please visit SALOME platform web
40 * Check Release Notes and Software Requirements of the latest SALOME release at
42 <http://www.salome-platform.org/downloads/current-version/>
44 * Pre-requisites page at SALOME web site:
46 <http://www.salome-platform.org/downloads/license/>
48 Note: SALOME MG-CADSurf plug-in needs SALOME KERNEL, SALOME GUI, SALOME Geometry
49 and SALOME Mesh as pre-requisites.
55 The build procedure of the SALOME platform is implemented with CMake.
56 In order to build the plug-in you have to do the following actions:
58 1. Set up environment for pre-requisites (see "Pre-requisites" section above).
60 2. Create a build directory:
62 % mkdir BLSURFPLUGIN_BUILD
64 3. Configure the build procedure:
66 % cd BLSURFPLUGIN_BUILD
67 % cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<mode> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<installation_directory> <path_to_src_dir>
70 - <mode> is either Release or Debug (default: Release);
71 - <installation_directory> is a destination folder to install SALOME MG-CADSurf
72 plug-in (default: /usr);
73 - <path_to_src_dir> is a path to the SALOME MG-CADSurf plug-in sources directory.
75 Note: by default (if CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX option is not given), SALOME MG-CADSurf
76 plug-in will be configured for installation to the /usr directory that requires
77 root permissions to complete the installation.
84 This will install SALOME MG-CADSurf plug-in to the <installation_directory>
85 specified to cmake command on the previous step.
91 SALOME MG-CADSurf plug-in supports a set of advanced configuration options;
92 for more details learn CMakeLists.txt file in the root source directory.
94 You can also use other options of cmake command to customize your installation.
95 Learn more about available options by typing
107 * Activate Geometry module and create simple geometry object.
109 * Activate Mesh module.
111 * Invoke menu "Mesh/Create Mesh".
113 * Select previously created geometry object by clicking it with the
114 mouse in the Object Browser.
116 * In the "Create mesh" dialog box:
117 - activate "2D" page;
118 - In the "Algorithm" combo box select "MG-CADSurf";
119 - Click on the button at the right of the "Hypothesis" combo box and
120 select "MG-CADSurf parameters" item in the drop-down menu.
122 * In the "Hypothesis Construction" dialog box set parameters of MG-CADSurf
123 meshing algorithm and click "OK" button
125 * In the "Create mesh" dialog box Click "Apply & Close" button to
126 define mesh and close the dialog box
128 * In the Object Browser select "Mesh_1" object, invoke context popup
129 menu for it by clicking right mouse button and select "Compute" item
131 The resulting mesh created with MG-CADSurf plugin will be shown in the 3D
138 The directory doc contains additional documentation file of SALOME MG-CADSurf
145 Please, send a mail to webmaster.salome@opencascade.com.