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104 <h1>Introduction to SMESH</h1>\r
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106 <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>SMESH</B></span> module of \r
107  SALOME is destined for: </p>\r
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109 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
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112         \r
113         <li class=kadov-p><p>import and export of meshes in MED format,</p></li>\r
114         \r
115         <li class=kadov-p><p>meshing geometrical models previously created \r
116  or imported by the GEOM component. SMESH module allows to apply 1D, 2D, \r
117  3D meshing algorithms and a set of hypotheses:</p></li>\r
118         \r
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120                 \r
121                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Local length</p></li>\r
122                 \r
123                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Number of segments</p></li>\r
124                 \r
125                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Max Element Area</p></li>\r
126                 \r
127                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Max Element Volume</p></li>\r
128         </ul>\r
129         \r
130         <li class=kadov-p><p>modification of locally generated meshes by</p></li>\r
131         \r
132         <ul type="circle" class="whs3">\r
133                 \r
134                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Addition/deletion of nodes and elements</p></li>\r
135                 \r
136                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Moving nodes and elements</p></li>\r
137         </ul>\r
138         \r
139         <li class=kadov-p><p>grouping mesh elements and performing operations \r
140  on these groups </p></li>\r
141         \r
142         <li class=kadov-p><p>quality control of meshes basing on a set of definite \r
143  criteria -</p></li>\r
144 </ul>\r
145 \r
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148 <p class="whs5">for edges:</p>\r
149 \r
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155                 \r
156                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Length of edges </p></li>\r
157                 \r
158                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Borders at multi-connections</p></li>\r
159                 \r
160                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Free borders</p></li>\r
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170 <ul type="disc" class="whs2">\r
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173                 \r
174                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Area of elements</p></li>\r
175                 \r
176                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Minimum angle</p></li>\r
177                 \r
178                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Taper</p></li>\r
179                 \r
180                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Aspect Ratio</p></li>\r
181                 \r
182                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Warping</p></li>\r
183                 \r
184                 <li class=kadov-p><p>Skew angle</p></li>\r
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