\page make_2dmesh_from_3d_page Generate boundary elements
-\n This functionality allows to generate mesh elements on borders of
-elements of higher dimension.
-
+\n This functionality allows to generate mesh elements on the borders of
+elements of a higher dimension.
<em>To generate border elements:</em>
<ol>
<li>From the Modification menu choose "Create boundary elements"
-item, or choose from the popup menu.
+item, or click "Create boundary elements" button in the toolbar
+
+\image html 2d_from_3d_ico.png "Create boundary elements icon"
-\image html 2d_from_3d_menu.png
The following dialog box will appear:
-\image html 2d_from_3d_dlg.png
+\image html 2d_from_3d_dlg.png "Create boundary elements dialog box".
</li>
<li>Check in the dialog box one of three radio buttons corresponding to
the type of operation you would like to perform.</li>
<li><b>1D from 2D</b> creates mesh edges on free edges of mesh faces</li>
<li><b>1D from 3D</b> creates mesh edges on all borders of free facets of volume elements</li>
</ul>
-Here <em>free facet</em> means a facet shared by only one volume, <em>free edge</em>
+Here a <em>free facet</em> means a facet shared by only one volume, a <em>free edge</em>
means an edge shared by only one mesh face.
In this dialog:
<ul>
-<li>specify <b>Mesh, submesh or group</b> to analyze the boundary.</li>
-<li>specify <b>Target</b> mesh where boundary elements will
+<li>specify the <b>Mesh, submesh or group</b>, the boundary which of
+will be analyzed.</li>
+<li>specify the <b>Target</b> mesh, where the boundary elements will
be created.
<ul>
<li><b>This mesh</b> adds elements in the selected mesh or the mesh
the selected submesh or group belongs to.</li>
- <li><b>New mesh</b> add elements to a new mesh. The new mesh appears
- in the Object Browser with the name specified in the adjacent box
- that you can change. </li>
+ <li><b>New mesh</b> adds elements to a new mesh. The new mesh appears
+ in the Object Browser with the name that you can change in the adjacent box. </li>
</ul></li>
<li>activate <b>Copy source mesh</b> checkbox to copy 2D or 3D
- elements (depending on operation type) belonging to the object
- specified in <b>Mesh, submesh or group</b> field to the new
- mesh.</li>
+ elements (depending on the operation type), which belong to the analyzed
+<b>Mesh, submesh or group</b> field, to the new mesh.</li>
<li>deactivate <b>Copy missing elements only</b> checkbox to copy
- boundary elements already present in the mesh being checked to the
+ boundary elements already present in the analyzed mesh to the
new mesh.</li>
-<li>activate <b>Create group</b> checkbox to create a group where
- missing boundary elements are added to. The new group appears
- in the Object Browser with the name specified in the adjacent box
- that you can change. </li>
+<li>activate <b>Create group</b> checkbox to create a group to which the
+ missing boundary elements are added. The new group appears
+ in the Object Browser with the name that you can change in the adjacent box. </li>
</ul>
<br><b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of a \ref tui_make_2dmesh_from_3d "Create boundary elements" operation.
