3 \page importing_med_objects_page Importing MED objects
5 \n There exist two sources of \ref structure_of_med_objects_page "MED objects": MED and other Salome
6 components publishing them and MED files.
8 <em>To load MED objects from other components:</em>
10 In the Object Browser, use context menu item <b>Import Structure</b>
11 to import the whole MED structure, <b>Import Field</b> to import a
12 certain field and <b>Import TimeStamp</b> to import a timestamp.
14 It is possible to load MED objects directly from the components, where
15 they are published. Usually this is MED component, but it can also be
16 Calculator, which creates MED objects as a result of execution of
19 \note If you have just opened your study from a hdf, the data of
20 components is not yet loaded. In this case the items <b>Import
21 Structure</b> and <b>Import TimeStamp</b> will not be accessible. To
22 load the data of any component from an opened hdf you can use <b>Load
23 Component Data</b> command, accessible via the context menu of any
24 object of the target component in the Object Browser. After the data
25 of the component is loaded this item will disappear. The data from
26 the components possessing their own GUI is loaded during the
27 activation of the component GUI. The data of MED component is loaded
28 automatically during the activation of Post-Pro GUI, the objects are
29 imported from MED to Post-Pro rather often.
31 <em>To import a MED file:</em>
33 From the \b File menu choose <b>Import -> MED File</b> or right-click
34 on the \b Post-Pro object in the Object Browser and select <b>MED
35 File</b> option. After it you will see a standard dialog box allowing
36 to search for and choose *.med files:
38 \image html importfromfile.png
41 To confirm your choice click \b Open.
43 If the option <b>Use Build Progress</b> is checked in <b>Post-Pro
44 Sweep and MED Import Preferences</b>, you will be able to choose how
45 the object containing in the file will be built, otherwise the
46 structure of the imported MED object will be immediately displayed in
47 the Object Browser and it will be loaded and built as set in the \b Preferences.
49 \image html buildprogress.png
54 <li><b>Build all</b> - when this option is checked, the application
55 loads all data necessary for processing of the object.</li>
56 <li><b>Build at once</b> - when this option is checked, you can't
57 perform any operations until the MED file is fully loaded and
59 <li><b>Close dialog at finish</b> - when this option is checked, the
60 dialog box is closed after loading of the selected MED file. When
61 unchecked, it allows to monitor the build process.</li>
65 <b>Import progress</b> - allows to choose what items exactly should be
66 built at loading. By default everything is checked in. Note that the
67 coloured rectangles show the progress of the respective step and
68 become blue when complete.
70 <li><b>Build entities</b> - displays the rate at which the geometrical
72 <li><b>Build fields</b> - when this option is checked, the fields are
73 built automatically at loading.</li>
74 <li><b>Build min/max</b> - parses time stamps at loading finding the
75 highest and the lowest value.</li>
76 <li><b>Build Groups</b> - builds groups and families at loading.</li>
78 \b Time - shows the <b>Elapsed time</b> spent by the application on processing.