X-Git-Url: http://git.salome-platform.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsalome%2Fgui%2FSMESH%2Finput%2Fextrusion.doc;h=56cb32f4c687ea4aa1bdfa8728f47dbc9c2cacf6;hb=fd96feab4b58b9ebe8706e44b35006e0122d682e;hp=126e3b0e91ddd94592c1ecefa29d714d01aed622;hpb=a00f90ebab08741cc788e1d9c50a87e847cff142;p=modules%2Fsmesh.git diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/extrusion.doc b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/extrusion.doc index 126e3b0e9..56cb32f4c 100644 --- a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/extrusion.doc +++ b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/extrusion.doc @@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ \page extrusion_page Extrusion \n Extrusion is used to build mesh elements of plus one -dimension than the input ones. Boundary elements around elements of -plus one dimension are additionally created. All created elements -can be automatically grouped. +dimension than the input ones. Boundary elements around generated +mesh of plus one dimension are additionally created. All created +elements can be automatically grouped. Extrusion can be used to create +a \ref extrusion_struct "structured mesh from scratch". + +\image html extrusion_box.png "If you extrude several quadrangles, you get exactly the same mesh as if you meshed a geometrical box (except for that the initial quadrangles can be incorrectly oriented): quadrangles and segments are created on the boundary of the generated mesh" +
Any node, segment or 2D element can be extruded. Each type of elements is extruded into a corresponding type of result elements:
Hexagonal polygon | Hexagonal prism |
This check-box is active only if there are some groups in the mesh. +
+ +\anchor extrusion_struct +