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  96 <h1>2D Meshing Hypotheses</h1>\r
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 100         <li style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ color: #000000; /*}}end!kadov*/ "\r
 101                 class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><a href="max._element_area_hypothesis.htm#max_element_area"><span \r
 102  style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Max Element Area</B></span></a></p></li>\r
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 105                 class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><a href="max._element_area_hypothesis.htm#length_from_edges"><span \r
 106  style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Length from Edges</B></span></a></p></li>\r
 107         \r
 108         <li style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ color: #000000; /*}}end!kadov*/ "\r
 109                 class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><a href="max._element_area_hypothesis.htm#quadrangle preference" style="font-weight: bold;">Quadrangle \r
 110  Preference</a></p></li>\r
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 113 <h3><a name=max_element_area>Max Element Area </a></h3>\r
 114 \r
 115 <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Max Element Area </B></span>hypothesis \r
 116  is applied for meshing of 2D faces composing your geometrical object. \r
 117  Definition of this hypothesis consists of setting the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>maximum \r
 118  area </B></span>of meshing elements (depending on the chosen meshing algorithm \r
 119  it can be <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>triangles</B></span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>quadrangles</B></span>), \r
 120  which will compose the mesh of these 2D faces. </p>\r
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 124 <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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 126 <p class="whs5">&nbsp;</p>\r
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 128 <p class="whs6"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See Also</B></span> \r
 129  a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../defining_hypotheses_tui.htm#bookmark4">Maximum \r
 130  Element Area hypothesis</a> operation. &nbsp;</p>\r
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 132 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
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 140 <h3><a name=length_from_edges>Length from Edges</a></h3>\r
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 142 <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Length from edges</B></span> hypothesis \r
 143  builds 2D mesh segments having a length calculated as an average edge \r
 144  length for a given wire. </p>\r
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 146 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
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 148 <p class="whs6"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See Also</B></span> \r
 149  a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../defining_hypotheses_tui.htm#bookmark6">Length \r
 150  from Edges hypothesis</a> operation. &nbsp;</p>\r
 151 \r
 152 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
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 154 <h3><a name="quadrangle preference">Quadrangle Preference</a></h3>\r
 155 \r
 156 <p>This algorithm can be used only together with Quadrangle (Mapping) algorithm. \r
 157  It allows to build quadrangular meshes even if the number of nodes at \r
 158  the opposite edges of a meshed face is not equal, otherwise this mesh \r
 159  will contain some triangular elements.</p>\r
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