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\page importing_exporting_meshes_page Importing and exporting meshes
\n In MESH there is a functionality allowing import/export
of meshes from/to \b MED, \b UNV (I-DEAS 10), \b DAT (simple ascii format), \b STL,
\b GMF (internal format of DISTENE products, namely BLSurf, GHS3D and
Hexotic algorithms) and \b CGNS format files. You can also export a
group as a whole mesh.
To import a mesh:
- From the \b File menu choose the \b Import item, from its sub-menu
select the corresponding format (MED, UNV, STL, GMF and CGNS) of the
file containing your mesh.
- In the standard Search File dialog box find the file for
import. It is possible to select multiple files to be imported all at
once.
- Click the \b OK button.
\image html meshimportmesh.png
To export a mesh or a group:
- Select the object you wish to export.
- From the \b File menu choose the \b Export item, from its sub-menu
select the format (MED, UNV, DAT, STL, GMF and CGNS) of the file which will
contain your exported mesh.
- In the standard Search File select a location for the
exported file and enter its name.
- Click the \b OK button.
\image html meshexportmesh.png
There are additional parameters available at export to MED and SAUV format files.
- Automatically create groups check-box specifies whether to
create groups of all mesh entities of available dimensions or
not. If checked, the created groups have names like "Group_On_All_Nodes",
"Group_On_All_Faces", etc.
- Automatically define space dimension check-box specifies
whether to define space dimension for export by mesh configuration
or not. Usually the mesh is exported as a mesh in 3D space, just as
it is in Mesh module. The mesh can be exported as a mesh of a lower
dimension in the following cases, provided that this check-box is checked:
- 1D: if all mesh nodes lie on OX coordinate axis.
- 2D: if all mesh nodes lie in XOY coordinate plane.
See Also a sample TUI Script of an \ref tui_export_mesh "Export Mesh" operation.
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