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 <center>\image html image49.png
14 <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, volumes, balls.
32 <center>\image html advanced_mesh_infos.png
33 <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 detail
39 information about selected mesh node(s) or element(s), namely:
43 - Coordinates (X, Y, Z)
44 - Connectivity information (connected elements)
45 - Position on a shape (for meshes built on geometry)
46 - Groups information (names of groups the node belongs to)
48 <center>\image html eleminfo1.png
49 <em>"Element Info" page, node information</em></center>
54 - Type (triangle, quadrangle, etc...)
55 - Gravity center (X, Y, Z coordinates)
56 - Connectivity information (connected nodes)
57 - Quality controls (area, aspect ration, volume, etc)
58 - Position on a shape (for meshes built on geometry)
59 - Groups information (names of groups the element belongs to)
61 <center>\image html eleminfo2.png
62 <em>"Element Info" page, element information</em></center>
64 The use can either input the ID of a node or element he wants to
65 analyze directly in the dialog box or select the node(s) or element(s) in
68 \note The information about the groups, the node or element belongs
69 to, can be shown in short or detail form. By default, for performance
70 reasons, this information is show in short form (group names
71 only). Detail information on groups can be switched on via the user
72 preferences, see \ref mesh_preferences_page.
74 \anchor mesh_addition_info_anchor
75 <h2>Additional Information</h2>
77 The <b>Additional Info</b> tab page of the dialog box provides an
78 additional information on the selected object: mesh, sub-mesh or
81 For a mesh object, the following information is shown:
83 - Type: based on geomerty, imported, standalone
84 - Shape (if mesh is based on geometry)
85 - File (if mesh is imported from the file)
89 <center>\image html addinfo_mesh.png
90 <em>"Additional Info" page, mesh information</em></center>
93 For a sub-mesh object, the following information is shown:
98 <center>\image html addinfo_submesh.png
99 <em>"Additional Info" page, sub-mesh information</em></center>
102 For a group object, the following information is shown:
105 - Type: standalone, group on geometry, group on filter
106 - Entity type: node, edge, face, volume
109 - Number of underlying nodes (for non-nodal groups)
111 <center>\image html addinfo_group.png
112 <em>"Additional Info" page, group information</em></center>
115 \note For the performance reasons, the number of underlying nodes is
116 computed only by demand. For this, the user should press the "Compute"
117 button (see picture). Also, the number of underlying nodes is
118 automatically calculated if the size of the group does not exceed
119 the "Automatic nodes compute limit" set via the "Mesh information"
120 preferences (zero value means no limit).
122 The button \b "Dump" allows printing the information displayed in the
123 dialog box to the txt file.
125 In case you get <b>Mesh Information</b> via a TUI script, the information is
126 displayed in the Python Console.
127 <b>See the</b> \ref tui_viewing_mesh_infos "TUI Example".