The \b structure of a SALOME mesh is described by nodes and elements based on
these nodes. The geometry of an element is defined by the sequence of
-nodes constituting it and
-the <a href="http://www.code-aster.org/outils/med/html/connectivites.html">
- connectivity convention </a> (adopted from MED library). Definition of
-the element basing on the elements of a lower dimension is NOT supported.
+nodes constituting it and the \ref connectivity_page "connectivity convention"
+(adopted from MED library). Definition of the element basing on the elements
+of a lower dimension is NOT supported.
\anchor mesh_entities
The mesh can include the following entities:
<li>\b Volume — 3D mesh element representing a part of 3D
space bound by volume facets. Nodes of a volume describing each
facet are defined by
- the <a href="http://www.code-aster.org/outils/med/html/connectivites.html">
- MED connectivity convention.</a> A volume can be a tetrahedron, hexahedron,
+ the \subpage connectivity_page "connectivity convention".
+ A volume can be a tetrahedron, hexahedron,
pentahedron, pyramid, hexagonal prism or polyhedron.</li>
<li>\b 0D element — mesh element defined by one node.</li>
<li>\b Ball element — discrete mesh element defined by a
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+/*!
+\page connectivity_page Nodal connectivity of elements
+
+The following images show order of nodes in correctly defined elements.
+
+<table>
+ <tr><td> Edge (segment): linear and quadratic<br>
+ \image html connectivity_edge.png </td></tr>
+ <tr><td> Triangle: linear, quadratic and bi-quadratic <br>
+ \image html connectivity_tria.png </td></tr>
+ <tr><td> Quadrangle: linear, quadratic and bi-quadratic <br>
+ \image html connectivity_quad.png </td></tr>
+ <tr><td align="left"> Polygon: linear and quadratic <br>
+ \image html connectivity_polygon.png </td></tr>
+ <tr><td> Tetrahedron: linear and quadratic <br>
+ \image html connectivity_tetra.png </td></tr>
+ <tr><td> Hexahedron: linear, quadratic and tri-quadratic <br>
+ \image html connectivity_hexa.png </td></tr>
+ <tr><td> Pentahedron: linear and quadratic <br>
+ \image html connectivity_penta.png </td></tr>
+ <tr><td> Pyramid: linear and quadratic <br>
+ \image html connectivity_pyramid.png </td></tr>
+ <tr><td> Hexagonal prism <br>
+ \image html connectivity_hex_prism.png </td></tr>
+ <tr><td> Polyhedron is defined by <ul>
+ <li> a sequence of nodes defining all facets</li>
+ <li> a sequence of number of nodes per facet</li>
+ </ul>
+ \b Nodes: <br>
+ Node1_of_Facet1, Node2_of_Facet1, ..., NodeN_of_Facet1, <br>
+ Node1_of_Facet2, Node2_of_Facet2, ..., NodeN_of_Facet2, <br>
+ Node1_of_FacetM, Node2_of_FacetM, ..., NodeN_of_FacetM <br>
+ \b Quantity of nodes per facet: <br>
+ NbNodes_in_Facet1, NbNodes_in_Facet2, ..., NbNodes_in_FacetM
+
+ For example the polyhedron shown in the image below is defined by nodes <br>
+ [ 1,2,3, 1,4,5,2, 2,5,6,3, 3,6,4,1, 4,7,9,5, 5,9,8,6, 6,8,7,4, 7,8,9 ]<br>
+ and quantities [ 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 ]
+ \image html connectivity_polyhedron.png
+ Order of nodes of a facet must assure outward direction of its normal.
+ </td></tr>
+</table>
+
+
+*/
