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 114 <h1>Building by blocks</h1>\r
 115 \r
 116 <p class="whs1"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><font size=4 style="font-size:14pt;"><B>Introduction.</B></font></span></p>\r
 117 \r
 118 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 119 \r
 120 <p>Below are some general notions about blocks:</p>\r
 121 \r
 122 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 123 \r
 124 <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><img src="i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" x-save-file="TRUE" x-save-method="compute-relative" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs2"></b></font></span>A block is a an elementary geometric solid that \r
 125  has specific geometric constraints oriented for meshing. In the hexahedral \r
 126  case, blocks have 6 faces and each face has 4 edges. &nbsp;</p>\r
 127 \r
 128 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 129 \r
 130 <p>Tetrahedral Block - is a block with constraints for tetrahedral meshing. \r
 131  </p>\r
 132 \r
 133 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 134 \r
 135 <p>Hexahedral Block - is a block with constraints for hexahedral meshing.</p>\r
 136 \r
 137 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 138 \r
 139 <p>Block Compound - is a compound composed of blocks only.</p>\r
 140 \r
 141 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 142 \r
 143 <p>These functionalities are available from the main menu via <span style="font-style: italic;"><I>New \r
 144  Entity / Blocks.</I></span></p>\r
 145 \r
 146 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 147 \r
 148 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 149         \r
 150         <li class=kadov-p><p><a href="#QuadrangleFace">Quadrangle face</a></p></li>\r
 151         \r
 152         <li class=kadov-p><p><a href="#HexahedralSolid">Hexahedral solid</a></p></li>\r
 153 </ul>\r
 154 \r
 155 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 156 \r
 157 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 158 \r
 159 <p><a name=QuadrangleFace><img src="image29.gif" width="23px" height="22px" border="0" class="img_whs4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><font size=4 style="font-size:14pt;"><B>Quadrangle \r
 160  face</B></font></span></a></p>\r
 161 \r
 162 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 163 \r
 164 <p class="whs5"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Description:</b> \r
 165  Builds a face using the below mentioned arguments. This operation allows \r
 166  to build a face bypassing the intermediate stage of building edges and \r
 167  wires (in the case of building by 4 points) or wires (in the case of building \r
 168  by 4 or 2 edges).</font></span></p>\r
 169 \r
 170 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 171 \r
 172 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Result :</b> \r
 173  GEOM_Object.</p>\r
 174 \r
 175 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 176 \r
 177 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">TUI Command:</b></p>\r
 178 \r
 179 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 180         \r
 181         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6"><b style="font-weight: normal;">geompy.MakeQuadFaceVertices(V1, \r
 182  V2, V3, V4), <span style="font-style: normal;">where V1, V2, V3, V4 are \r
 183  four vertices from which a face is constructed. Edges are created automatically.</span></b></p></li>\r
 184         \r
 185         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>geompy.MakeQuadFaceEdges(E1, \r
 186  E2)</I></span>, where E1, E2 are edges from which the face is constructed, \r
 187  two other edges are created automatically.</p></li>\r
 188         \r
 189         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span \r
 190  style="font-style: italic;"><I>g</b>eompy.MakeQuadFace(E1, E2, E3, E4)</I></span>, \r
 191  where E1, E2, E3, E4 are four edges from which the face is constructed.</p></li>\r
 192 </ul>\r
 193 \r
 194 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 195 \r
 196 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Arguments:</b> \r
 197  </p>\r
 198 \r
 199 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 200         \r
 201         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 4 Points, or</p></li>\r
 202         \r
 203         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 2 Edges, or </p></li>\r
 204         \r
 205         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 4 Edges.</p></li>\r
 206 </ul>\r
 207 \r
 208 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 209 \r
 210 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Dialog Box:</b></p>\r
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 225 \r
 226 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 227 \r
 228 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 229 \r
 230 <p class="whs17">Example:</p>\r
 231 \r
 232 <p class="whs17">&nbsp;</p>\r
 233 \r
 234 <p><img src="image185.jpg" width="250px" height="195px" border="0" class="img_whs18"> </p>\r
 235 \r
 236 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 237 \r
 238 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 239 \r
 240 <p><a name=HexahedralSolid><img src="image51.gif" width="24px" height="22px" border="0" class="img_whs19"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><font size=4 style="font-size:14pt;"><B>Hexahedral \r
 241  solid</B></font></span></a></p>\r
 242 \r
 243 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 244 \r
 245 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Description:</b> \r
 246  Builds a hexahedral solid either of the below mentioned arguments. This \r
 247  operation allows to build a solid bypassing the intermediate stage of \r
 248  building a shell and 4 faces (in the case of building by 2 faces) or just \r
 249  a shell (in the case of building by 6 faces).</p>\r
 250 \r
 251 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 252 \r
 253 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Result :</b> \r
 254  GEOM_Object.</p>\r
 255 \r
 256 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 257 \r
 258 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">TUI Command:</b></p>\r
 259 \r
 260 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 261         \r
 262         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>geompy.MakeHexaSolid(F1, \r
 263  F2, F3, F4, F5, F6)</I></span>, where F1 \96 F6 are six faces from which the \r
 264  hexahedron is constructed.</p></li>\r
 265         \r
 266         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>geompy.MakeHexaSolidTwoFaces(F1, \r
 267  F2)</I></span>, where F1 and F2 are faces from which the hexahedron is constructed, \r
 268  other four faces are created automatically.</p></li>\r
 269 </ul>\r
 270 \r
 271 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 272 \r
 273 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Arguments:</b> \r
 274  </p>\r
 275 \r
 276 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 277         \r
 278         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 2 Faces, or </p></li>\r
 279         \r
 280         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 6 Faces.</p></li>\r
 281 </ul>\r
 282 \r
 283 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 284 \r
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