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114 <h1>Building by blocks</h1>
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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>
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120 <p>Below are some general notions about blocks:</p>
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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
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125 has specific geometric constraints oriented for meshing. In the hexahedral
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126 case, blocks have 6 faces and each face has 4 edges. </p>
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130 <p>Tetrahedral Block - is a block with constraints for tetrahedral meshing.
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135 <p>Hexahedral Block - is a block with constraints for hexahedral meshing.</p>
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139 <p>Block Compound - is a compound composed of blocks only.</p>
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143 <p>These functionalities are available from the main menu via <span style="font-style: italic;"><I>New
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144 Entity / Blocks.</I></span></p>
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148 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">
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150 <li class=kadov-p><p><a href="#QuadrangleFace">Quadrangle face</a></p></li>
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152 <li class=kadov-p><p><a href="#HexahedralSolid">Hexahedral solid</a></p></li>
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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
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160 face</B></font></span></a></p>
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164 <p class="whs5"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Description:</b>
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165 Builds a face using the below mentioned arguments. This operation allows
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166 to build a face bypassing the intermediate stage of building edges and
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167 wires (in the case of building by 4 points) or wires (in the case of building
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168 by 4 or 2 edges).</font></span></p>
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170 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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172 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Result :</b>
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175 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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177 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">TUI Command:</b></p>
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179 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">
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181 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6"><b style="font-weight: normal;">geompy.MakeQuadFaceVertices(V1,
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182 V2, V3, V4), <span style="font-style: normal;">where V1, V2, V3, V4 are
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183 four vertices from which a face is constructed. Edges are created automatically.</span></b></p></li>
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185 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>geompy.MakeQuadFaceEdges(E1,
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186 E2)</I></span>, where E1, E2 are edges from which the face is constructed,
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187 two other edges are created automatically.</p></li>
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189 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span
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190 style="font-style: italic;"><I>g</b>eompy.MakeQuadFace(E1, E2, E3, E4)</I></span>,
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191 where E1, E2, E3, E4 are four edges from which the face is constructed.</p></li>
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194 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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196 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Arguments:</b>
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201 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 4 Points, or</p></li>
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203 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 2 Edges, or </p></li>
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205 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 4 Edges.</p></li>
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208 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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226 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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230 <p class="whs17">Example:</p>
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232 <p class="whs17"> </p>
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234 <p><img src="image185.jpg" width="250px" height="195px" border="0" class="img_whs18"> </p>
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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
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241 solid</B></font></span></a></p>
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245 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Description:</b>
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246 Builds a hexahedral solid either of the below mentioned arguments. This
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247 operation allows to build a solid bypassing the intermediate stage of
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248 building a shell and 4 faces (in the case of building by 2 faces) or just
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249 a shell (in the case of building by 6 faces).</p>
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251 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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253 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Result :</b>
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256 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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258 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">TUI Command:</b></p>
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260 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">
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262 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>geompy.MakeHexaSolid(F1,
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263 F2, F3, F4, F5, F6)</I></span>, where F1
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264 hexahedron is constructed.</p></li>
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266 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>geompy.MakeHexaSolidTwoFaces(F1,
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267 F2)</I></span>, where F1 and F2 are faces from which the hexahedron is constructed,
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268 other four faces are created automatically.</p></li>
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271 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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278 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 2 Faces, or </p></li>
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280 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 6 Faces.</p></li>
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302 <p class="whs27">Example:</p>
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