\page convert_to_from_quadratic_mesh_page Convert to/from Quadratic Mesh
-\n This functionality allows transforming standard meshes (or
-sub-meshes) to quadratic and vice versa.
+\n This functionality allows transforming linear meshes (or
+sub-meshes) to quadratic (or bi-quadratic) and vice versa.
See \ref adding_quadratic_elements_page "Adding quadratic elements"
for more information about quadratic meshes.
Note that conversion of a sub-mesh most probably will
produce a non-conformal mesh. Elements on the boundary between
-quadratic and linear sub-meshes become (or remain) quadratic.
+quadratic (or bi-quadratic) and linear sub-meshes become (or remain)
+quadratic (or bi-quadratic).
<em>To produce a conversion:</em>
<ol>
<li>In this dialog box specify:
<ul>
-<li>if it is necessary to convert a standard mesh to quadratic or a quadratic
-mesh to standard. Note that the choice is available only if the selected mesh
+<li>If it is necessary to convert a linear mesh to quadratic or a quadratic
+mesh to linear. Note that the choice is available only if the selected mesh
(or sub-mesh) contains both quadratic and linear elements, else the
direction of conversion is selected automatically.</li>
-<li>if it is necessary to place medium nodes of the quadratic mesh on the
+<li>If it is necessary to place medium nodes of the quadratic mesh on the
geometry (meshed object). This option is relevant for conversion to
quadratic provided that the mesh is based on a geometry (not imported from file).</li>
</ul>
\image html image156.gif
-<center>Standard mesh (coarse mesh on a torus)</center>
+<center>Linear mesh (coarse mesh on a torus)</center>
\image html image155.gif
<center>Quadratic mesh</center>