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109 <h1>Creating groups</h1>
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111 <p class="whs1"><img src="../i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs2"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">In
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112 SMESH you can create groups of elements of different types and having
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113 definite properties.</span></p>
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115 <p class="whs1"> </p>
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117 <p class=TODO>To create a group of elements:</p>
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119 <p class=TODO> </p>
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121 <p class="whs3">1. In the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Mesh
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122 </B></span><span>menu select </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Create
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123 Group</B></span><span>. The following dialog box will appear:</span></p>
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125 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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127 <p class="whs5"> <img src="../image47.jpg" width="200px" height="374px" border="0" class="img_whs6"></p>
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129 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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131 <p class="whs7">This dialog box contains
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132 the following fields which should be filled:</p>
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136 <ul type="disc" class="whs8">
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138 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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139 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Mesh: </B></span>the name of the mesh whose elements
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140 will form your group. You can enter the name manually or select your mesh
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141 in the Objet Browser or in the 3D viewer.</p></li>
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143 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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144 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Elements Type </B></span>set of radio buttons allows
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145 to select the type of elements which will form your group:</p></li>
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147 <ul type="disc" class="whs8">
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149 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs9">Nodes</p></li>
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151 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs9">Edges
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154 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs9">Faces</p></li>
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156 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs9">Volumes</p></li>
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159 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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160 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Name </B></span><span>field allows to enter the
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161 name of your new group.</span></p></li>
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163 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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164 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Group type </B></span>set of radio buttons allows
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165 to select the type of your group: </p></li>
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167 <ul type="disc" class="whs8">
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169 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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170 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Standalone group </B></span> consisting
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171 of mesh elements.</p></li>
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173 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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174 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Group on geometry </B></span><span>consisting of
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175 geometrical elements.</span> If you choose this type of group your dialog
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176 box will change and it will look like as follows:</p></li>
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180 <p class="whs7"> </p>
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182 <p class="whs10"><img src="../image48.jpg" width="200px" height="374px" border="0" class="img_whs6"></p>
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184 <p class="whs10"> </p>
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186 <p class="whs10">In this dialog box you should enter the name
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187 of the geometrical object (you can enter the name manually or select your
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188 geometrical object in the Objet Browser or in the 3D viewer) from which
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189 the elements will be taken. And after confirmation of the operation SMESH
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190 will create a new group consisting of geometrical elements of the previously
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193 <p class="whs7"> </p>
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195 <ul type="disc" class="whs8">
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197 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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198 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Content </B></span>field<span style="font-weight: bold;">
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199 <B></B></span>allows to manually define the mesh elements which will form your
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200 group. You can click on an element in the 3D viewer and it will be highlighted.
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201 After that click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Add </B></span>button
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202 and the ID of this element will be added to the list. To remove a selected
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203 element or elements from the list click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove
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204 </B></span>button. The <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Sort </B></span>button
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205 allows to sort the list of elements IDs. The <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Set
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206 filter </B></span><span>button allows to apply a definite filter to selection
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207 of the elements of your group.</span></p></li>
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209 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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210 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select from </B></span>set of fields allows to
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211 choose a submesh or an existing group whose elements of the previously
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212 defined type will be added to the list of elements which will form your
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216 <p class="whs7"> </p>
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218 <p class="whs7">2. Click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK
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219 </B></span><span>button to confirm creation of your group or </span><span
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220 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Cancel </B></span><span>to quit this dialog box.</span></p>
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