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 116 <h1>Building by blocks</h1>\r
 117 \r
 118 <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
 119 \r
 120 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 121 \r
 122 <p>Below are some general notions about blocks:</p>\r
 123 \r
 124 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 125 \r
 126 <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
 127  has specific geometric constraints oriented for meshing. In the hexahedral \r
 128  case, blocks have 6 faces and each face has 4 edges. &nbsp;</p>\r
 129 \r
 130 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 131 \r
 132 <p>Tetrahedral Block - is a block with constraints for tetrahedral meshing. \r
 133  </p>\r
 134 \r
 135 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 136 \r
 137 <p>Hexahedral Block - is a block with constraints for hexahedral meshing.</p>\r
 138 \r
 139 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 140 \r
 141 <p>Block Compound - is a compound composed of blocks only.</p>\r
 142 \r
 143 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 144 \r
 145 <p>These functionalities are available from the main menu via <span style="font-style: italic;"><I>New \r
 146  Entity / Blocks.</I></span></p>\r
 147 \r
 148 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 149 \r
 150 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 151         \r
 152         <li class=kadov-p><p><a href="#QuadrangleFace">Quadrangle face</a></p></li>\r
 153         \r
 154         <li class=kadov-p><p><a href="#HexahedralSolid">Hexahedral solid</a></p></li>\r
 155 </ul>\r
 156 \r
 157 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 158 \r
 159 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 160 \r
 161 <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
 162  face</B></font></span></a></p>\r
 163 \r
 164 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 165 \r
 166 <p class="whs5"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Description:</b> \r
 167  Builds a face using the below mentioned arguments. This operation allows \r
 168  to build a face bypassing the intermediate stage of building edges and \r
 169  wires (in the case of building by 4 points) or wires (in the case of building \r
 170  by 4 or 2 edges).</font></span></p>\r
 171 \r
 172 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 173 \r
 174 <p class="whs5"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;">T</b><b>he</font></span><span \r
 175  style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;"> Result </font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;">of \r
 176  the operation will be a</font></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;"><b> GEOM_Object</b></font></span><span \r
 177  style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;"> (face).</font></span></p>\r
 178 \r
 179 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 180 \r
 181 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">TUI Command:</b></p>\r
 182 \r
 183 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 184         \r
 185         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6"><b style="font-weight: normal;">geompy.MakeQuad4Vertices(V1, \r
 186  V2, V3, V4), <span style="font-style: normal;">where V1, V2, V3, V4 are \r
 187  four vertices from which a face is constructed. Edges are created automatically.</span></b></p></li>\r
 188         \r
 189         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>geompy.MakeQuad2Edges(E1, \r
 190  E2)</I></span>, where E1, E2 are edges from which the face is constructed, \r
 191  two other edges are created automatically.</p></li>\r
 192         \r
 193         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span \r
 194  style="font-style: italic;"><I>g</b>eompy.MakeQuad(E1, E2, E3, E4)</I></span>, \r
 195  where E1, E2, E3, E4 are four edges from which the face is constructed.</p></li>\r
 196 </ul>\r
 197 \r
 198 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 199 \r
 200 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Arguments:</b> \r
 201  </p>\r
 202 \r
 203 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 204         \r
 205         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 4 Points, or</p></li>\r
 206         \r
 207         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 2 Edges, or </p></li>\r
 208         \r
 209         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 4 Edges.</p></li>\r
 210 </ul>\r
 211 \r
 212 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 213 \r
 214 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Dialog Box:</b></p>\r
 215 \r
 216 <table x-use-null-cells cellspacing="0" width="66.515%" class="whs7">\r
 217 <col class="whs8">\r
 218 <col class="whs9">\r
 219 <col class="whs10">\r
 220 \r
 221 <tr valign="top" class="whs11">\r
 222 <td width="32.996%" class="whs12">\r
 223 <p><img src="pics/block1.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="410px" border="0" class="img_whs13"></td>\r
 224 <td width="33.052%" class="whs14">\r
 225 <p><img src="pics/block2.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="410px" border="0" class="img_whs13"></td>\r
 226 <td width="33.952%" class="whs15">\r
 227 <p><img src="pics/block3.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="410px" border="0" class="img_whs13"></td></tr>\r
 228 </table>\r
 229 \r
 230 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 231 \r
 232 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 233 \r
 234 <p class="whs16">Example:</p>\r
 235 \r
 236 <p class="whs16">&nbsp;</p>\r
 237 \r
 238 <p class="whs17"><img src="image185.jpg" width="250px" height="195px" border="0" class="img_whs18"> </p>\r
 239 \r
 240 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 241 \r
 242 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 243 \r
 244 <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
 245  solid</B></font></span></a></p>\r
 246 \r
 247 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 248 \r
 249 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Description:</b> \r
 250  Builds a hexahedral solid. either of the below mentioned arguments. This \r
 251  operation allows to build a solid bypassing the intermediate stage of \r
 252  building a shell and 4 faces (in the case of building by 2 faces) or just \r
 253  a shell (in the case of building by 6 faces).</p>\r
 254 \r
 255 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 256 \r
 257 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The</span> \r
 258  Result<span style="font-weight: normal;"> of the operation will be a</span></b><b> \r
 259  GEOM_Object</b> (solid).</p>\r
 260 \r
 261 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 262 \r
 263 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">TUI Command:</b></p>\r
 264 \r
 265 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 266         \r
 267         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>geompy.MakeHexa2Faces(F1, \r
 268  F2)</I></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>, where F1 and F2 are faces \r
 269  from which the hexahedron is constructed, other four faces are created \r
 270  automatically.</I></span></p></li>\r
 271         \r
 272         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>geompy.MakeHexa(F1, \r
 273  F2, F3, F4, F5, F6)</I></span>, where F1 \96 F6 are six faces from which the \r
 274  hexahedron is constructed.</p></li>\r
 275 </ul>\r
 276 \r
 277 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 278 \r
 279 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Arguments:</b> \r
 280  </p>\r
 281 \r
 282 <ul type="disc" class="whs3">\r
 283         \r
 284         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 2 Faces, or </p></li>\r
 285         \r
 286         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Name + 6 Faces.</p></li>\r
 287 </ul>\r
 288 \r
 289 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 290 \r
 291 <p class="whs5"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Dialog Box:</b></p>\r
 292 \r
 293 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 294 \r
 295 <table x-use-null-cells cellspacing="0" width="40.406%" class="whs20">\r
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 301 <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_whs24"></b></td>\r
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 320 <p class="whs33"><b style="font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r
 321 \r
 322 <p class="whs5">Our <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>TUI Scripts</B></span> \r
 323  provide you with useful examples of <a href="building_by_blocks.htm">Building \r
 324  by Blocks</a>. </p>\r
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