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 113 <h1>Building by blocks</h1>\r
 114 \r
 115 <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
 116 \r
 117 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 118 \r
 119 <p>Below are some general notions about blocks:</p>\r
 120 \r
 121 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 122 \r
 123 <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
 124  has specific geometric constraints oriented for meshing. In the hexahedral \r
 125  case, blocks have 6 faces and each face has 4 edges. &nbsp;</p>\r
 126 \r
 127 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 128 \r
 129 <p>Tetrahedral Block - is a block with constraints for tetrahedral meshing. \r
 130  </p>\r
 131 \r
 132 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 133 \r
 134 <p>Hexahedral Block - is a block with constraints for hexahedral meshing.</p>\r
 135 \r
 136 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 137 \r
 138 <p>Block Compound - is a compound composed of blocks only.</p>\r
 139 \r
 140 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 141 \r
 142 <p>These functionalities are available from the main menu via <span style="font-style: italic;"><I>New \r
 143  Entity / Blocks.</I></span></p>\r
 144 \r
 145 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 146 \r
 147 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 148         \r
 149         <li class=kadov-p><p><a href="#QuadrangleFace">Quadrangle face</a></p></li>\r
 150         \r
 151         <li class=kadov-p><p><a href="#HexahedralSolid">Hexahedral solid</a></p></li>\r
 152 </ul>\r
 153 \r
 154 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 155 \r
 156 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 157 \r
 158 <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
 159  face</B></font></span></a></p>\r
 160 \r
 161 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 162 \r
 163 <p class="whs5"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Description:</b> \r
 164  Builds a face using the below mentioned arguments. This operation allows \r
 165  to build a face bypassing the intermediate stage of building edges and \r
 166  wires (in the case of building by 4 points) or wires (in the case of building \r
 167  by 4 or 2 edges).</font></span></p>\r
 168 \r
 169 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 170 \r
 171 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Result :</b> \r
 172  GEOM_Object (face).</p>\r
 173 \r
 174 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 175 \r
 176 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">TUI Command:</b></p>\r
 177 \r
 178 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 179         \r
 180         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6"><b style="font-weight: normal;">geompy.MakeQuadFaceVertices(V1, \r
 181  V2, V3, V4), <span style="font-style: normal;">where V1, V2, V3, V4 are \r
 182  four vertices from which a face is constructed. Edges are created automatically.</span></b></p></li>\r
 183         \r
 184         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>geompy.MakeQuadFaceEdges(E1, \r
 185  E2)</I></span>, where E1, E2 are edges from which the face is constructed, \r
 186  two other edges are created automatically.</p></li>\r
 187         \r
 188         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span \r
 189  style="font-style: italic;"><I>g</b>eompy.MakeQuadFace(E1, E2, E3, E4)</I></span>, \r
 190  where E1, E2, E3, E4 are four edges from which the face is constructed.</p></li>\r
 191 </ul>\r
 192 \r
 193 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 194 \r
 195 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Arguments:</b> \r
 196  </p>\r
 197 \r
 198 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 199         \r
 200         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 4 Points, or</p></li>\r
 201         \r
 202         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 2 Edges, or </p></li>\r
 203         \r
 204         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 4 Edges.</p></li>\r
 205 </ul>\r
 206 \r
 207 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 208 \r
 209 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Dialog Box:</b></p>\r
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 218 <p><img src="pics/block1.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="410px" border="0" class="img_whs13"></td>\r
 219 <td width="33.052%" class="whs14">\r
 220 <p><img src="pics/block2.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="410px" border="0" class="img_whs13"></td>\r
 221 <td width="33.952%" class="whs15">\r
 222 <p><img src="pics/block3.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="410px" border="0" class="img_whs13"></td></tr>\r
 223 </table>\r
 224 \r
 225 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 226 \r
 227 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 228 \r
 229 <p class="whs16">Example:</p>\r
 230 \r
 231 <p class="whs16">&nbsp;</p>\r
 232 \r
 233 <p><img src="image185.jpg" width="250px" height="195px" border="0" class="img_whs17"> </p>\r
 234 \r
 235 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 236 \r
 237 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 238 \r
 239 <p><a name=HexahedralSolid><img src="image51.gif" width="24px" height="22px" border="0" class="img_whs18"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><font size=4 style="font-size:14pt;"><B>Hexahedral \r
 240  solid</B></font></span></a></p>\r
 241 \r
 242 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 243 \r
 244 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Description:</b> \r
 245  Builds a hexahedral solid. either of the below mentioned arguments. This \r
 246  operation allows to build a solid bypassing the intermediate stage of \r
 247  building a shell and 4 faces (in the case of building by 2 faces) or just \r
 248  a shell (in the case of building by 6 faces).</p>\r
 249 \r
 250 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 251 \r
 252 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Result :</b> \r
 253  GEOM_Object.</p>\r
 254 \r
 255 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 256 \r
 257 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">TUI Command:</b></p>\r
 258 \r
 259 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 260         \r
 261         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>geompy.MakeHexaSolid(F1, \r
 262  F2, F3, F4, F5, F6)</I></span>, where F1 \96 F6 are six faces from which the \r
 263  hexahedron is constructed.</p></li>\r
 264         \r
 265         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>geompy.MakeHexaSolidTwoFaces(F1, \r
 266  F2)</I></span>, where F1 and F2 are faces from which the hexahedron is constructed, \r
 267  other four faces are created automatically.</p></li>\r
 268 </ul>\r
 269 \r
 270 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 271 \r
 272 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Arguments:</b> \r
 273  </p>\r
 274 \r
 275 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 276         \r
 277         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 2 Faces, or </p></li>\r
 278         \r
 279         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 6 Faces.</p></li>\r
 280 </ul>\r
 281 \r
 282 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 283 \r
 284 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Dialog Box:</b></p>\r
 285 \r
 286 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 287 \r
 288 <table x-use-null-cells cellspacing="0" width="40.406%" class="whs19">\r
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 294 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;<img src="pics/block4.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="324px" border="0" class="img_whs23"></b></td>\r
 295 <td width="50.239%" class="whs24">\r
 296 <p><img src="pics/block5.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="464px" border="0" class="img_whs25"></td></tr>\r
 297 </table>\r
 298 \r
 299 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 300 \r
 301 <p class="whs26">Example:</p>\r
 302 \r
 303 <p class="whs26">&nbsp;</p>\r
 304 \r
 305 <p class="whs27"><img src="image180.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="300px" height="234px" border="0" class="img_whs28"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="image181.jpg" width="251px" height="234px" border="0" class="img_whs29"> &nbsp;</p>\r
 306 \r
 307 <p class="whs30"><b style="font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r
 308 \r
 309 <p class="whs5">Our <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>TUI Scripts</B></span> \r
 310  provide you with useful examples of <a href="building_by_blocks.htm">Building \r
 311  by Blocks</a>. </p>\r
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