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108 <h1>Creating groups</h1>
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110 <p class="whs1"><img src="../i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs2"> <span
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111 style="font-weight: normal;">In MESH you
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112 can create groups of elements of different types. To create a group of
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113 elements</span><span style="font-weight: normal; margin-left: 40px;">
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114 in the </span><span style="margin-left: 40px;">Mesh</span><span style="font-weight: normal; margin-left: 40px;">
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115 menu select </span><span style="margin-left: 40px;">Create Group</span><span
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116 style="font-weight: normal; margin-left: 40px;">.</span><span style="margin-left: 40px;">
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119 <p class="whs3">To create any group
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120 you should define the following: </p>
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122 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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124 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Mesh:
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125 <span style="font-weight: normal;">the name of the mesh whose elements
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126 will form your group. You can enter the name manually or select your mesh
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127 in the Objet Browser or in the 3D viewer.</span></p></li>
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129 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs3">Elements
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130 Type <span style="font-weight: normal;">set of radio buttons allows to
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131 select the type of elements which will form your group:</span></p></li>
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133 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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135 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6">Nodes</p></li>
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137 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6">Edges
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140 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6">Faces</p></li>
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142 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6">Volumes</p></li>
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145 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs3"><span
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146 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Name </B></span>field allows to enter the name
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147 of your new group.</p></li>
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150 <p class="whs3">SALOME Platform distinguishes
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151 between the two Group types: <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Standalone
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152 Group</B></span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Group on Geometry</B></span>.
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155 <h3>Standalone Group </h3>
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157 <p class="whs7">The box for creation of a <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Standalone
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158 Group</B></span> appears by default. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Standalone
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159 Group</B></span> consists of mesh elements, which you can define in two possible
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162 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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164 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Choosing them manually
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165 with the mouse in the 3D Viewer. You can click on an element in the 3D
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166 viewer and it will be highlighted. After that click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Add
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167 </B></span>button and the ID of this element will be added to the list. </p></li>
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169 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7">Applying Filters. The
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170 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Set filter </B></span>button allows to apply
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171 a definite filter to selection of the elements of your group. See more
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172 about filters on the <a href="../selection_filter_library.htm">Selection
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173 filter library</a> page. </p></li>
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176 <p class="whs7">To remove a selected element or elements
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177 from the list click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove </B></span>button.
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178 The <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Sort </B></span>button allows to sort
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179 the list of IDs of mesh elements. </p>
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181 <p class="whs7"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select from
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182 </B></span>set of fields allows to choose a submesh or an existing group whose
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183 elements of the previously defined type will be added to the list of elements
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184 which will form your group.</p>
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186 <p class="whs7"> </p>
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194 <p class="whs1"><img src="../pics/creategroup.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="565px" border="0" class="img_whs14"></td>
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196 <p class="whs16"><img src="../image130.gif" width="145px" height="150px" align="left" border="0" class="img_whs17"> </p>
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197 <p class="whs16"> </p>
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198 <p class="whs16"> </p>
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199 <p class="whs16"> </p>
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200 <p class="whs16"> </p>
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201 <p class="whs16"> </p>
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202 <p class="whs16">In this picture left the brown cells belong
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203 to a group defined manually.</p>
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204 <p class="whs16"> </p>
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205 <p class="whs16"> <img src="../image131.gif" width="149px" height="158px" border="0" class="img_whs18"> In this picture the brown cells belong to the group defined
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206 by the criterion <br>
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208 <p class="whs16"> </p>
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209 <p class="whs16"> </td></tr>
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212 <p class="whs7"> </p>
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214 <p class="whs5"> See
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215 Also a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../grouping_elements.htm#bookmark">Create
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216 a Standalone Group</a> operation. </p>
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218 <h3>Group on Geometry </h3>
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220 <p class="whs3">To create a group on
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221 geometry check <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Group on geometry</B></span>
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222 in the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Group type</B></span> field. <span
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223 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Group on geometry </B></span>contains the elements
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224 of a certain type belonging to the selected<span style="font-weight: bold;">
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225 <B></B></span>geometrical object. To define a group select in the Objet Browser
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226 or in the 3D viewer a geometrical object from which the elements will
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227 be taken. After confirmation of the operation MESH will create a new group
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228 consisting of geometrical elements of the previously defined type.</p>
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230 <p class="whs3"> </p>
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238 <p><img src="../pics/a-creategroup.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="312px" border="0" class="img_whs22"></td>
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240 <p><img src="../image132.gif" width="135px" height="150px" border="0" class="img_whs24"> In this picture the cells which belong to a certain face
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241 are selected in green. </td></tr>
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244 <p class="whs3"> </p>
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246 <p class="whs6"> See
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247 Also a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../grouping_elements.htm#bookmark5">Create
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248 a Group on Geometry</a><a href="../grouping_elements.htm#bookmark"> </a>operation.
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