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  77 <h1>Introduction to SMESH</h1>\r
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  79 <p><img src="../i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>MESH</B></span> module of \r
  80  SALOME is destined for: </p>\r
  81 \r
  82 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
  83 \r
  84 <ul type="disc" class="whs2">\r
  85         \r
  86         <li class=kadov-p><p>import and export of meshes in MED format,</p></li>\r
  87         \r
  88         <li class=kadov-p><p>meshing geometrical models previously created \r
  89  or imported by the GEOM component. MESH module allows to apply 1D, 2D, \r
  90  3D meshing algorithms and a set of hypotheses:</p></li>\r
  91         \r
  92         <ul type="circle" class="whs3">\r
  93                 \r
  94                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Local length</p></li>\r
  95                 \r
  96                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Number of segments</p></li>\r
  97                 \r
  98                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Max Element Area</p></li>\r
  99                 \r
 100                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Max Element Volume</p></li>\r
 101         </ul>\r
 102         \r
 103         <li class=kadov-p><p>modification of locally generated meshes by</p></li>\r
 104         \r
 105         <ul type="circle" class="whs3">\r
 106                 \r
 107                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Addition/deletion of nodes and elements</p></li>\r
 108                 \r
 109                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Moving nodes and elements</p></li>\r
 110         </ul>\r
 111         \r
 112         <li class=kadov-p><p>grouping mesh elements and performing operations \r
 113  on these groups </p></li>\r
 114         \r
 115         <li class=kadov-p><p>quality control of meshes basing on a set of definite \r
 116  criteria -</p></li>\r
 117 </ul>\r
 118 \r
 119 <p class="whs4">&nbsp;</p>\r
 120 \r
 121 <p class="whs5">for edges:</p>\r
 122 \r
 123 <p class="whs4">&nbsp;</p>\r
 124 \r
 125 <ul type="disc" class="whs2">\r
 126         \r
 127         <ul type="circle" class="whs3">\r
 128                 \r
 129                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Length of edges </p></li>\r
 130                 \r
 131                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Borders at multi-connections</p></li>\r
 132                 \r
 133                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Free borders</p></li>\r
 134         </ul>\r
 135 </ul>\r
 136 \r
 137 <p class="whs4">&nbsp;</p>\r
 138 \r
 139 <p class="whs5">for faces:</p>\r
 140 \r
 141 <p class="whs4">&nbsp;</p>\r
 142 \r
 143 <ul type="disc" class="whs2">\r
 144         \r
 145         <ul type="circle" class="whs3">\r
 146                 \r
 147                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Area </p></li>\r
 148                 \r
 149                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Free edges</p></li>\r
 150                 \r
 151                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Borders at multi-connection 2D</p></li>\r
 152                 \r
 153                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Length 2D</p></li>\r
 154                 \r
 155                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Minimum angle</p></li>\r
 156                 \r
 157                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Taper</p></li>\r
 158                 \r
 159                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Aspect Ratio</p></li>\r
 160                 \r
 161                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Warping </p></li>\r
 162                 \r
 163                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Skew</p></li>\r
 164         </ul>\r
 165 </ul>\r
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 167 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
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 169 <p class="whs5">for solids:</p>\r
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 171 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
 172 \r
 173 <ul type="disc" class="whs2">\r
 174         \r
 175         <ul type="circle" class="whs3">\r
 176                 \r
 177                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Aspect ratio 3D</p></li>\r
 178         </ul>\r
 179 </ul>\r
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