X-Git-Url: http://git.salome-platform.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2FTools%2FTopIIVolMeshPlug%2Fdoc%2FTopIIVolMesh.rst;fp=src%2FTools%2FTopIIVolMeshPlug%2Fdoc%2FTopIIVolMesh.rst;h=48e3f873ae4b037d584d16e475f75b6171d3cc46;hb=fb33951dbaa23a7988cae66f3f892cb95728dcb0;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=e1682190e9a2d75e5cf8726e9d28bfd036f6118d;p=modules%2Fsmesh.git diff --git a/src/Tools/TopIIVolMeshPlug/doc/TopIIVolMesh.rst b/src/Tools/TopIIVolMeshPlug/doc/TopIIVolMesh.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..48e3f873a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/Tools/TopIIVolMeshPlug/doc/TopIIVolMesh.rst @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +Introduction +============ + +**topIIvol** meshing tool provides sequential/parallel tools for creating volumetric tetrahedral meshes from a given topology (point-cloud `*.xyz`). + +Running topIIvol Plug-in +======================== + +**topIIVolMesh** plug-in can be invoked via SMESH Plugin item in Mesh menu bar + +.. image:: images/callTopIIVolMesh.png + :align: center + + +**topIIVolMesh** Options +======================== + + +Sequential mode +--------------- +If the number of processors is set to 1, **topIIvol_Mesher** sequential tool is called for creating volumetric tetrahedral meshes from a given topology. The volumetric mesh can be displayed in SALOME by ticking the "Display mesh" check-box. + +The list of input parameters are: + +- DEM input file: input point cloud file; +- Number of X points present in the input point cloud; +- Number of Y points present in the input point cloud; +- Number of Z points intended in the z direction; +- Depth of the mesh needed; +- temporary directory for calculation. + +Parallel mode +--------------- +If the number of processors is greater than one, **topIIvol_ParMesher** parallel computing tool is called for creating volumetric tetrahedral meshes from a given topology. The volumetric mesh can be displayed in SALOME by ticking the "Display mesh" check-box. + +The list of input parameters are: + +- DEM input file: input point cloud file; +- Number of X points present in the input point cloud; +- Number of Y points present in the input point cloud; +- Number of Z points intended in the z direction; +- Depth of the mesh needed; +- Number of MPI ranks +- temporary directory for calculation. + + +Distributed mode +----------------- +If the check-box **Distributed** is ticked, **topIIvol_DistMesher** computing tool is called for creating embarassingly parallel distributed meshes from a given topology. + +The list of input parameters are: + +- DEM input file: input point cloud file; +- Number of X points present in the input point cloud; +- Number of Y points present in the input point cloud; +- Number of Z points intended in the z direction; +- Number of partitions in X direction; +- Number of partitions in Y direction; +- Number of partitions in Z direction; +- Depth of the mesh needed; +- Number of MPI ranks +- temporary directory for calculation. +