<li><b>Group of nodes to duplicate</b> (<em>mandatory</em>): these
nodes will be duplicated.</li>
<li><b>Group of elements to replace nodes with new ones</b>
- (<em>optional</em>): the new nodes will replace the duplicated nodes within these elements.</li>
+ (<em>optional</em>): the new nodes will replace the duplicated nodes
+ within these elements. \b Generate button automatically creates
+ these groups.
+</li>
<li><b>Construct group with newly created nodes</b> option
(<em>checked by default</em>): if checked - the group with newly
created nodes will be built.</li>
group of nodes at crack bottom which will not be duplicated.</li>
<li><b>Group of elements to replace nodes with new ones</b>
(<em>mandatory</em>): the new nodes will replace the nodes to
- duplicate within these elements.</li>
+ duplicate within these elements. \b Generate button automatically
+ creates these groups.</li>
<li><b>Construct group with newly created elements</b> option
(<em>checked by default</em>): if checked - the group of newly created
elements will be built.</li>
Parameters to be defined in this mode:
<ul>
- <li><b>Groups of volumes</b> (<em>mandatory</em>): list of volume
+ <li><b>Groups (faces or volumes) </b> (<em>mandatory</em>): list of mesh
groups. These groups should be disjoint, i.e. should not have shared
- volumes.</li>
+ elements.</li>
<li> If <b>Create joint elements</b> option is activated, flat
elements are created on the duplicated nodes: a triangular facet
shared by two volumes of two groups generates a flat prism, a
- quadrangular facet generates a flat hexahedron.
+ quadrangular facet generates a flat hexahedron.
+ Correspondingly 2D joint elements (null area faces) are generated
+ where edges are shared by two faces.
<br>
- The created flat volumes are stored in groups. These groups are named
+ The created flat volumes (or faces) are stored in groups. These groups are named
according to the position of the group in the list of groups: group
"j_n_p" is a group of flat elements that are built between the group \#n
- and the group \#p in the group list. All the flat elements are gathered
- into the group named "joints3D". The flat element of the multiple
+ and the group \#p in the group list. All flat elements are gathered
+ into the group named "joints3D" (correspondingly "joints2D"). The flat elements of multiple
junctions between the simple junction are stored in a group named
"jointsMultiples".</li>
- <li> If <b>On all boundaries</b> option is activated, the volumes,
- which are not included into <b>Groups of volumes</b>, are considered
+ <li> If <b>On all boundaries</b> option is activated, the volumes (or faces),
+ which are not included into <b>Groups</b> input, are considered
as another group and thus the nodes on the boundary
- between <b>Groups of volumes</b> and the remaining mesh are also
+ between <b>Groups</b> and the remaining mesh are also
duplicated.</li>
</ul>
