<ul>
<li>\ref average_length_anchor "Local Length"</li>
<li>\ref max_length_anchor "Max Size"</li>
- <li>\ref number_of_segments_anchor "Number of segments" with Equidistant distribution</li>
+ <li>\ref number_of_segments_anchor "Number of Segments" with Equidistant distribution</li>
<li>\ref automatic_length_anchor "Automatic Length"</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Constantly increasing or decreasing length of segments:
<ul>
- <li>\ref arithmetic_1d_anchor "Arithmetic 1D"</li>
+ <li>\ref arithmetic_1d_anchor "Arithmetic Progression"</li>
<li>\ref geometric_1d_anchor "Geometric Progression"</li>
<li>\ref start_and_end_length_anchor "Start and end length"</li>
- <li>\ref number_of_segments_anchor "Number of segments" with Scale distribution</li>
+ <li>\ref number_of_segments_anchor "Number of Segments" with Scale distribution</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Distribution depending on curvature:
<ul>
<li>\ref adaptive_1d_anchor "Adaptive"</li>
- <li>\ref deflection_1d_anchor "Deflection 1D"</li>
+ <li>\ref deflection_1d_anchor "Deflection"</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Arbitrary distribution:
<ul>
- <li>\ref fixed_points_1d_anchor "Fixed points 1D"</li>
- <li>\ref number_of_segments_anchor "Number of segments" with
+ <li>\ref fixed_points_1d_anchor "Fixed Points"</li>
+ <li>\ref number_of_segments_anchor "Number of Segments" with
\ref analyticdensity_anchor "Analytic Density Distribution" or Table Density Distribution</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
- <b>Max size</b> parameter defines the length of segments on straight edges.
- \b Deflection parameter gives maximal distance of a segment from a curved edge.
-\image html adaptive1d_sample_mesh.png "Adaptive hypothesis and Netgen 2D algorithm - the size of mesh segments reflects the size of geometrical features"
+\image html adaptive1d_sample_mesh.png "Adaptive hypothesis and NETGEN 2D algorithm - the size of mesh segments reflects the size of geometrical features"
<b>See Also</b> a \ref tui_1d_adaptive "sample TUI Script" that uses Adaptive hypothesis.
<br>
\anchor arithmetic_1d_anchor
-<h2>Arithmetic 1D hypothesis</h2>
+<h2>Arithmetic Progression hypothesis</h2>
-<b>Arithmetic 1D</b> hypothesis allows to split edges into segments with a
+<b>Arithmetic Progression</b> hypothesis allows to split edges into segments with a
length that changes in arithmetic progression (Lk = Lk-1 + d)
beginning from a given starting length and up to a given end length.
\image html a-arithmetic1d.png
-\image html b-ithmetic1d.png "Arithmetic 1D hypothesis - the size of mesh elements gradually increases"
+\image html b-ithmetic1d.png "Arithmetic Progression hypothesis - the size of mesh elements gradually increases"
<b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of a
-\ref tui_1d_arithmetic "Defining Arithmetic 1D and Geometric Progression hypothesis" operation.
+\ref tui_1d_arithmetic "Defining Arithmetic Progression and Geometric Progression hypothesis" operation.
<br>
\anchor geometric_1d_anchor
\image html a-geometric1d.png
<b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of a
-\ref tui_1d_arithmetic "Defining Arithmetic 1D and Geometric Progression hypothesis" operation.
+\ref tui_1d_arithmetic "Defining Arithmetic Progression and Geometric Progression hypothesis" operation.
<br>
\anchor deflection_1d_anchor
-<h2>Deflection 1D hypothesis</h2>
+<h2>Deflection hypothesis</h2>
-<b>Deflection 1D</b> hypothesis can be applied for meshing curvilinear edges
+<b>Deflection</b> hypothesis can be applied for meshing curvilinear edges
composing your geometrical object. It defines only one parameter: the
value of deflection (or chord error).
\image html a-deflection1d.png
-\image html b-flection1d.png "Deflection 1D hypothesis - useful for meshing curvilinear edges"
+\image html b-flection1d.png "Deflection hypothesis - useful for meshing curvilinear edges"
<b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of a
-\ref tui_deflection_1d "Defining Deflection 1D hypothesis" operation.
+\ref tui_deflection_1d "Defining Deflection hypothesis" operation.
<br>
\anchor average_length_anchor
<b>Use preestimated length</b> check box lets you use \b length
automatically calculated basing on size of your geometrical object,
namely as diagonal of bounding box divided by ten. The divider can be
-changed via "Ratio Bounding Box Diagonal / Max Size"
+changed via \ref diagonal_size_ratio_pref "Ratio Bounding Box Diagonal / Max Size"
preference parameter.
<b>Use preestimated length</b> check box is enabled only if the
geometrical object has been selected before hypothesis definition.
<br>
\anchor number_of_segments_anchor
-<h2>Number of segments hypothesis</h2>
+<h2>Number of Segments hypothesis</h2>
-<b>Number of segments</b> hypothesis can be applied for approximating
+<b>Number of Segments</b> hypothesis can be applied for approximating
edges by a definite number of mesh segments with length depending on
-the selected type of distribution of nodes.
+the selected type of distribution of nodes. The default number of
+segments can be set via
+\ref nb_segments_pref "Automatic Parameters / Default Number of Segments"
+preference parameter.
The direction of the splitting is defined by the orientation of the
underlying geometrical edge. <b>Reverse Edges</b> list box allows to
distribution as blue crosses. The node distribution is computed in the
same way as for
\ref analyticdensity_anchor "Distribution with Analytic Density". You
-can select the <b>Conversion mode</b> from\b Exponent and <b>Cut
+can select the <b>Conversion mode</b> from \b Exponent and <b>Cut
negative</b>.
\image html distributionwithtabledensity.png
\ref tui_deflection_1d "Defining Number of Segments" hypothesis
operation.
-\note The plot functionality is available only if GUI module is builded with Plot 2D Viewer (set option SALOME_USE_PLOT2DVIEWER to ON when building GUI module).
+\note The plot functionality is available only if GUI module is built with Plot 2D Viewer (option SALOME_USE_PLOT2DVIEWER is ON when building GUI module).
<br>
\anchor start_and_end_length_anchor
<br>
\anchor fixed_points_1d_anchor
-<h2>Fixed points 1D hypothesis</h2>
+<h2>Fixed Points hypothesis</h2>
-<b>Fixed points 1D</b> hypothesis allows splitting edges through a
+<b>Fixed Points</b> hypothesis allows splitting edges through a
set of points parametrized on the edge (from 1 to 0) and a number of
segments for each interval limited by the points.
defining <b>Reversed Edges</b> parameter.
-\image html mesh_fixedpnt.png "Example of a sub-mesh on the edge built using Fixed points 1D hypothesis"
+\image html mesh_fixedpnt.png "Example of a sub-mesh on the edge built using Fixed Points hypothesis"
<b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of a
\ref tui_fixed_points "Defining Fixed Points" hypothesis operation.
location of a set of edges within the model.
<b>Propagation chains</b> group allows defining <b>Reversed Edges</b>
-for splitting opposite edges of quadrilateral faces
-in a logically uniform direction. When this group is
-activated, the list is filled with propagation chains found within the
-model. When a chain is selected in the list its edges are
-shown in the Viewer with arrows, which enables choosing a common
-direction for all chain edges. \b Reverse button inverts the common
-direction of chain edges. If \b Add button is active, some
-edges of a chain have a different direction, so you can click \b Add
-button to add them to <b>Reversed Edges</b> list.
+for splitting opposite edges of quadrilateral faces in a logically
+uniform direction. When this group is activated, the list is filled
+with propagation chains found within the shape on which a hypothesis
+is assigned. When a chain is selected in the list its edges are shown
+in the Viewer with arrows, which enables choosing a common direction
+for all chain edges. \b Reverse button inverts the common direction of
+chain edges. \b Add button is active if some edges of a chain have a
+different direction, so you can click \b Add button to add them
+to <b>Reversed Edges</b> list.
\image html propagation_chain.png "The whole geometry and a propagation chain"
+\note Alternatively, uniform direction of edges of one propagation
+chain can be achieved by
+\ref constructing_submeshes_page "definition of a sub-mesh" on one
+edge of the chain and assigning a
+\ref propagation_anchor "Propagation" additional hypothesis.
+Orientation of this edge (and hence of all the rest edges of the chain) can be
+controlled by using <b>Reversed Edges</b> field.
+
*/
