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  91 <h1>2D Meshing Hypotheses</h1>\r
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  95         <li style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ color: #000000; /*}}end!kadov*/ "\r
  96                 class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><a href="max._element_area_hypothesis.htm#max_element_area"><span \r
  97  style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Max Element Area</B></span></a></p></li>\r
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 100                 class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><a href="max._element_area_hypothesis.htm#length_from_edges"><span \r
 101  style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Length from Edges</B></span></a></p></li>\r
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 103         <li style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ color: #000000; /*}}end!kadov*/ "\r
 104                 class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><a href="max._element_area_hypothesis.htm#quadrangle preference" style="font-weight: bold;">Quadrangle \r
 105  Preference</a></p></li>\r
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 108 <h3><a name=max_element_area>Max Element Area </a></h3>\r
 109 \r
 110 <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Max Element Area </B></span>hypothesis \r
 111  is applied for meshing of 2D faces composing your geometrical object. \r
 112  Definition of this hypothesis consists of setting the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>maximum \r
 113  area </B></span>of meshing elements (depending on the chosen meshing algorithm \r
 114  it can be <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>triangles</B></span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>quadrangles</B></span>), \r
 115  which will compose the mesh of these 2D faces. </p>\r
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 117 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
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 119 <p class="whs3"><img src="../pics/a-maxelarea.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="332px" height="212px" border="0" class="img_whs4"></p>\r
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 123 <p class="whs6"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See Also</B></span> \r
 124  a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../defining_hypotheses_tui.htm#bookmark4">Maximum \r
 125  Element Area hypothesis</a> operation. &nbsp;</p>\r
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 135 <h3><a name=length_from_edges>Length from Edges</a></h3>\r
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 137 <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Length from edges</B></span> hypothesis \r
 138  builds 1D mesh segments having a length calculated as an average edge \r
 139  length for a given wire. </p>\r
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 141 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
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 143 <p class="whs6"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See Also</B></span> \r
 144  a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../defining_hypotheses_tui.htm#bookmark6">Length \r
 145  from Edges hypothesis</a> operation. &nbsp;</p>\r
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 147 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
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 149 <h3><a name="quadrangle preference">Quadrangle Preference</a></h3>\r
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 151 <p>This algorithm can be used only together with Quadrangle (Mapping) algorithm. \r
 152  It allows to build quadrangular meshes even if the number of nodes at \r
 153  the opposite edges of a meshed face is not equal, otherwise this mesh \r
 154  will contain some triangular elements.</p>\r
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