From 3e0fdd9e71c5e3177ab59a7faac162ee27d90c41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: eap Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 07:14:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Some precisions, complete list of mesh file formats --- doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/about_meshes.doc | 39 +++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/about_meshes.doc b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/about_meshes.doc index c79f26644..1af59c1a4 100644 --- a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/about_meshes.doc +++ b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/about_meshes.doc @@ -5,23 +5,24 @@ \n \b MESH represents a discretization of a geometrical CAD model into a set of entities with a simple topology. -Meshes are stored in DAT, MED and UNV formats and can be +Meshes are stored in DAT, MED, UNV, STL, CGNS and SAUVE formats and can be \subpage importing_exporting_meshes_page "imported from and exported to" the file in these formats. -However, it is possible to \subpage constructing_meshes_page "construct meshes" +It is possible to \subpage constructing_meshes_page "construct meshes" on the basis of geometrical shapes produced in the GEOM module. -It is also possible to \subpage constructing_submeshes_page "create mesh on a part of the geometrical object", -for example, a face. +It is also possible to \subpage constructing_submeshes_page "mesh on a part of the geometrical object", +for example, a face, with different meshing parameters than the whole mesh. -Several created meshes can be \subpage building_compounds_page "combined into mesh compounds". +Several created meshes can be \subpage building_compounds_page "combined into another mesh". -The whole mesh or it's part can be \subpage copy_mesh_page "copied" -into another mesh. +The whole mesh or it's part can be \subpage copy_mesh_page "copied" into another mesh. -All created meshes and submeshes can be \subpage editing_meshes_page "edited". +Meshing parameters of meshes and sub-meshes can be \subpage +editing_meshes_page "edited", then only a path of mesh depending on +changed parameters will be re-computed. -Meshes can be also edited using the MESH functions destined for +Meshes can be edited using the MESH functions destined for \ref modifying_meshes_page "modification" of generated meshes. The \b topology of a mesh is described by the relationships between its @@ -33,28 +34,30 @@ entities including:
  • \b Edge — 1D element of a mesh defined by two nodes.
  • \b Face — 2D element of a mesh defined by three or four edges (closed contour).
  • \b Volume — 3D element of a mesh defined by several faces.
    • +
  • \b Ball element — discrete element of a mesh defined by a node and a diameter.
    •         These entities are considered as topological entities and they don't imply any geometric representation. Only \b Nodes reference geometric representations of points with definite coordinates. The node entity -will contain additional information about its position in the space +contains additional information about its position in the space and its relations with the meshed CAD model. Its position could be described in the following way:

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