3 \page importing_exporting_meshes_page Importing and exporting meshes
5 \n In MESH there is a functionality allowing import/export
6 of meshes from/to \b MED, \b UNV (I-DEAS 10), \b DAT (simple ascii format), \b STL,
7 \b GMF (internal format of DISTENE products, namely MG-CADSurf, MG-Tetra and
8 MG-Hexa algorithms) and \b CGNS format files. You can also export a
12 <em>To import a mesh:</em>
15 <li>From the \b File menu choose the \b Import item, from its sub-menu
16 select the corresponding format (MED, UNV, STL, GMF and CGNS) of the
17 file containing your mesh.</li>
18 <li>In the standard <b>Search File</b> dialog box find the file for
19 import. It is possible to select multiple files to be imported all at
22 <li>Click the \b OK button.</li>
25 \image html meshimportmesh.png
27 <em>To export a mesh or a group:</em>
30 <li>Select the object you wish to export.</li>
31 <li>From the \b File menu choose the \b Export item, from its sub-menu
32 select the format (MED, UNV, DAT, STL, GMF and CGNS) of the file which will
33 contain your exported mesh.</li>
34 <li>In the standard <b>Search File</b> select a location for the
35 exported file and enter its name.</li>
36 <li>Click the \b OK button.</li>
39 \image html meshexportmesh.png
41 If you try to export a group, the warning will be shown:
42 \image html meshexportgroupwarning.png
44 <li><b>Don't show this warning anymore</b> check-box specifies show or
45 not the warning. If checked, the warning will not be shown anymore in
46 the similar situation </li>
49 There are additional parameters available at export to MED and SAUV format files.
51 <li><b>Automatically create groups</b> check-box specifies whether to
52 create groups of all mesh entities of available dimensions or
53 not. If checked, the created groups have names like "Group_On_All_Nodes",
54 "Group_On_All_Faces", etc.</li>
55 <li><b>Automatically define space dimension</b> check-box specifies
56 whether to define space dimension for export by mesh configuration
57 or not. Usually the mesh is exported as a mesh in 3D space, just as
58 it is in Mesh module. The mesh can be exported as a mesh of a lower
59 dimension in the following cases, provided that this check-box is checked:
61 <li> <b>1D</b>: if all mesh nodes lie on OX coordinate axis. </li>
62 <li> <b>2D</b>: if all mesh nodes lie in XOY coordinate plane. </li>
66 <br><b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of an \ref tui_export_mesh "Export Mesh" operation.