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  78 <h1>Introduction to MESH</h1>\r
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  80 <p><img src="../i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>MESH</B></span> module of \r
  81  SALOME is destined for: </p>\r
  82 \r
  83 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
  84 \r
  85 <ul type="disc" class="whs2">\r
  86         \r
  87         <li class=kadov-p><p>import and export of meshes in MED format,</p></li>\r
  88         \r
  89         <li class=kadov-p><p>meshing geometrical models previously created \r
  90  or imported by the GEOM component. MESH module allows to apply 1D, 2D, \r
  91  3D meshing algorithms and a set of hypotheses:</p></li>\r
  92         \r
  93         <ul type="circle" class="whs3">\r
  94                 \r
  95                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Local length</p></li>\r
  96                 \r
  97                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Number of segments</p></li>\r
  98                 \r
  99                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Max Element Area</p></li>\r
 100                 \r
 101                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Max Element Volume</p></li>\r
 102         </ul>\r
 103         \r
 104         <li class=kadov-p><p>modification of locally generated meshes by</p></li>\r
 105         \r
 106         <ul type="circle" class="whs3">\r
 107                 \r
 108                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Addition/deletion of nodes and elements</p></li>\r
 109                 \r
 110                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Moving nodes and elements</p></li>\r
 111         </ul>\r
 112         \r
 113         <li class=kadov-p><p>grouping mesh elements and performing operations \r
 114  on these groups </p></li>\r
 115         \r
 116         <li class=kadov-p><p>quality control of meshes basing on a set of definite \r
 117  criteria -</p></li>\r
 118 </ul>\r
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 121 \r
 122 <p class="whs6">&nbsp;</p>\r
 123 \r
 124 <p class="whs6">for edges:</p>\r
 125 \r
 126 <p class="whs4">&nbsp;</p>\r
 127 \r
 128 <ul type="disc" class="whs2">\r
 129         \r
 130         <ul type="circle" class="whs3">\r
 131                 \r
 132                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Length of edges </p></li>\r
 133                 \r
 134                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Borders at multi-connections</p></li>\r
 135                 \r
 136                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Free borders</p></li>\r
 137         </ul>\r
 138 </ul>\r
 139 \r
 140 <p class="whs4">&nbsp;</p>\r
 141 \r
 142 <p class="whs6">for faces:</p>\r
 143 \r
 144 <p class="whs4">&nbsp;</p>\r
 145 \r
 146 <ul type="disc" class="whs2">\r
 147         \r
 148         <ul type="circle" class="whs3">\r
 149                 \r
 150                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Area </p></li>\r
 151                 \r
 152                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Free edges</p></li>\r
 153                 \r
 154                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Borders at multi-connection 2D</p></li>\r
 155                 \r
 156                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Length 2D</p></li>\r
 157                 \r
 158                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Minimum angle</p></li>\r
 159                 \r
 160                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Taper</p></li>\r
 161                 \r
 162                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Aspect Ratio</p></li>\r
 163                 \r
 164                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Warping </p></li>\r
 165                 \r
 166                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Skew</p></li>\r
 167         </ul>\r
 168 </ul>\r
 169 \r
 170 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 171 \r
 172 <p class="whs6">for solids:</p>\r
 173 \r
 174 <p class="whs6">&nbsp;</p>\r
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 176 <ul type="disc" class="whs2">\r
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 179                 \r
 180                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Aspect ratio 3D</p></li>\r
 181         </ul>\r
 182 </ul>\r
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