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94 <h1 class="whs3"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Introduction</span></h1>
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96 <p class="whs4">Welcome to SALOME Platform! Modern technological
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97 products (cars, structures, electrical or electronic equipment) are getting
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98 more and more complex every year and must meet increasingly severe requirements
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99 in terms of quality and performance. For example, for structures and their
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100 environment the demands to reduce risks and optimize costs are extremely
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101 high. It requires particularly refined simulations concerning structural
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102 behavior and robustness to ensure high reliability.</p>
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104 <p class="whs5">The
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105 numeric modeling of a physical problem, the development of solutions and
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106 their integration into the design process are often handled in very specific
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107 environments. SALOME represents a generic CAD-based application for digital
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108 simulation with "high reactivity to market evolutions and customer
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109 expectations". </p>
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111 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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113 <p class="whs5"><span
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114 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">SALOME is a free software
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115 that provides a generic platform for Pre and Post-Processing for numerical
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116 simulation. It is based on an open and flexible architecture made of reusable
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117 components available as free software.</span></p>
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128 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">SALOME is a CAD/CAE integration
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129 platform. It provides reusable components for: </span></p>
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132 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">3D
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133 modeling (bottom-up construction, import, healing);</p></li>
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135 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Visualization;</p></li>
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137 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Computational
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138 schemas management;</p></li>
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140 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Post-processing.</p></li>
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142 <p class="whs5">SALOME
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143 is tailored for integration of custom components:</p>
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146 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">CAD
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147 interfaces;</p></li>
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149 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Mesh
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150 generators;</p></li>
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152 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Finite
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153 Element solvers with specific pre-processors.</p></li>
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155 <p class="whs5">The
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156 SALOME platform is available in Open Source.</td>
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161 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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163 <p class="whs15">Salome Platform:</p>
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167 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Supports
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168 interoperability between CAD modeling and computation software (CAD-CAE
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171 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Makes
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172 easier the integration of new components on heterogeneous systems for
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173 numerical computation </p></li>
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175 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Sets
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176 the priority to multi-physics coupling between computation software </p></li>
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178 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Provides
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179 a generic user interface, user-friendly and efficient, which helps to
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180 reduce the costs and delays of carrying out the studies </p></li>
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182 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Reduces
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183 training time to the specific time for learning the software solution
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184 which has been based on this platform </p></li>
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186 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">All
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187 functionnalities are accessible through the programmatic integrated Python
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201 <p class="whs15"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;"><B>What
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202 can you do in SALOME? (Some of SALOME main functions)</B></span></p>
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205 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span
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206 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Define geometrical models
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207 (create/modify geometrical items), import and export them using the IGES
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208 and STEP formats; </span></p></li>
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210 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Define
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211 meshing of these geometrical items, import and export them;</p></li>
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213 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Handle
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214 physical properties and quantities attached to geometrical items, import
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215 and export them to a reusable format;</p></li>
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217 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Perform
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218 computations using a solver (optionally provided): read input data, configure
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219 the solver, and write calculation results);</p></li>
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221 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Visualize
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222 result fields in 3D, 2D and export images of their visualization to an
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223 appropriate format;</p></li>
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225 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Manage
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226 study schemes: definition, save/restore;</p></li>
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228 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Manage
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229 computation schemes: definition, execution.</p></li>
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