X-Git-Url: http://git.salome-platform.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsalome%2Fgui%2FSMESH%2Finput%2Fimporting_exporting_meshes.rst;h=fe9aa27f1ee0e97668f2b6e03f87710a66733dc0;hb=1fdfb2587a52f9489d70f65f50a8045d2526a849;hp=e17080d066418e71fa9d1c123b292e076eb696cc;hpb=67312ab966a7c21fe835917978028643ffadd99e;p=modules%2Fsmesh.git diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/importing_exporting_meshes.rst b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/importing_exporting_meshes.rst index e17080d06..fe9aa27f1 100644 --- a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/importing_exporting_meshes.rst +++ b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/importing_exporting_meshes.rst @@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ Importing and exporting meshes ****************************** -In MESH there is a functionality allowing import/export of meshes in follwing formats: +In MESH there is a functionality allowing import/export of meshes in the following formats: * **MED**, * **UNV** (I-DEAS 10), -* **DAT** (simple ascii format), * **STL**, +* **CGNS**, * **GMF** (internal format of DISTENE products from the MeshGems suite), -* **CGNS**. +* **DAT** (simple ascii format). You can also export a group as a whole mesh. @@ -42,16 +42,21 @@ If you try to export a group, the warning will be shown: * **Don't show this warning anymore** check-box allows to switch off the warning. You can re-activate the warning in :ref:`Preferences `. -There are additional parameters available at export to MED and SAUV format files. +Only MED format supports all types of elements that can be created in the module. If you export a mesh or group that includes elements of types that are not supported by chosen format, you will be warned about that. + +There are additional parameters available at export to MED format files. .. _export_auto_groups: +* **Z tolerance** field if enabled specifies distance of nodes from the XOY plane below which the nodes snap to this plane. A default value can be set in :ref:`Preferences `. * **Automatically create groups** check-box specifies whether to create groups of all mesh entities of available dimensions or not. The created groups have names like "Group_On_All_Nodes", "Group_On_All_Faces", etc. A default state of this check-box can be set in :ref:`Preferences `. * **Automatically define space dimension** check-box specifies whether to define space dimension for export by mesh configuration or not. Usually the mesh is exported as a mesh in 3D space, just as it is in Mesh module. The mesh can be exported as a mesh of a lower dimension in the following cases, provided that this check-box is checked: * **1D**: if all mesh nodes lie on OX coordinate axis. * **2D**: if all mesh nodes lie in XOY coordinate plane. +* :ref:`Save cell/node numbers to MED file ` preference controls whether node and cell numbers are saved. + **See Also** a sample TUI Script of an :ref:`Export Mesh ` operation.