3 \page mesh_infos_page Mesh Information
5 The user can obtain information about the selected mesh object
6 (mesh, sub-mesh or group) using <b>Mesh Information</b> dialog box.
8 To view the <b>Mesh Information</b>, select your mesh, sub-mesh or
9 group in the <b>Object Browser</b> and invoke <b>Mesh Information</b>
10 item from the \b Mesh menu or click <em>"Mesh Information"</em> button
13 \image html image49.png
14 <center><em>"Mesh Information" button</em></center>
16 The <b>Mesh Information</b> dialog box provides three tab pages:
17 - <b>\ref advanced_mesh_infos_anchor "Base Info"</b> - to show base
18 information about the selected mesh object
19 - <b>\ref mesh_element_info_anchor "Element Info"</b> - to show
20 detailed information about the selected mesh node or element.
21 - <b>\ref mesh_addition_info_anchor "Additional Info"</b> - to show additional information available
22 for the selected mesh, sub-mesh or group object.
24 \anchor advanced_mesh_infos_anchor
25 <h2>Base Information</h2>
27 The <b>Base Info</b> tab page of the dialog box provides general
28 information on the selected object - mesh, sub-mesh or mesh group:
29 name, type, total number of nodes and elements separately for each
30 type: 0D elements, edges, faces and volumes.
32 \image html advanced_mesh_infos.png
33 <center><em>"Base Info" page</em></center>
35 \anchor mesh_element_info_anchor
36 <h2>Mesh Element Information</h2>
38 The <b>Element Info</b> tab page of the dialog box gives basic
39 information about the type, coordinates and connectivity of the
40 selected mesh node or element.
42 \image html eleminfo1.png
43 <center><em>"Element Info" page, node information</em></center>
45 \image html eleminfo2.png
46 <center><em>"Element Info" page, element information</em></center>
48 The use can either input the ID of a node or element he wants to
49 analyze directly in the dialog box or select the node or element in
52 \anchor mesh_addition_info_anchor
53 <h2>Additional Information</h2>
55 The <b>Additional Info</b> tab page of the dialog box provides an
56 additional information on the selected object: mesh, sub-mesh or
59 For a mesh object, the following information is shown:
61 - Type: based on geomerty, imported, standalone
62 - Shape (if mesh is based on geometry)
63 - File (if mesh is imported from the file)
67 \image html addinfo_mesh.png
68 <center><em>"Additional Info" page, mesh information</em></center>
71 For a sub-mesh object, the following information is shown:
76 \image html addinfo_submesh.png
77 <center><em>"Additional Info" page, sub-mesh information</em></center>
80 For a group object, the following information is shown:
83 - Type: standalone, group on geometry, group on filter
84 - Entity type: node, edge, face, volume
87 - Number of underlying nodes (for non-nodal groups)
89 \image html addinfo_group.png
90 <center><em>"Additional Info" page, group information</em></center>
93 \note For the performance reasons, the number of underlying nodes is
94 computed only by demand. For this, the user should press the "Compute"
95 button (see picture). Also, the number of underlying nodes is
96 automatically calculated if the size of the group does not exceed
97 the "Automatic nodes compute limit" set via the "Mesh information"
98 preferences (zero value means no limit).
100 In case you get <b>Mesh Information</b> via a TUI script, the information is
101 displayed in the Python Console.
102 <b>See the</b> \ref tui_viewing_mesh_infos "TUI Example".