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diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/selection_filter_library.doc b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/selection_filter_library.doc
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--- a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/selection_filter_library.doc
+++ b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/selection_filter_library.doc
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 \page selection_filter_library_page Selection filter library
 
 
 \page selection_filter_library_page Selection filter library
 

-\n Selection filter library is a powerful tool enabling to create
-filters to be used on meshes. You can access to it from the Main Menu
-via <b>Tools / Selection filter library</b>.
+\n Selection filter library allows creating and storing in files
+the filters that can be later reused for operations on meshes. You can
+access it from the Main Menu via <b>Tools / Selection filter library</b>.
+It is also possible to save/load a filter by invoking the filter library
+from \ref filtering_elements "Filter dialog" launched from any mesh operation.

 
 \image html selectionfilterlibrary.png
 
 
 \image html selectionfilterlibrary.png
 


@@ -15,36 +17,42 @@ load an existing filter library.
 the current study. You can \b Add or \b Delete filters.
 \n In <b>Filter name</b> box you can specify the name for your
 filter. By default it is prefixed with the corresponding entity type.
 the current study. You can \b Add or \b Delete filters.
 \n In <b>Filter name</b> box you can specify the name for your
 filter. By default it is prefixed with the corresponding entity type.

-\n Each filter can be applicable to \b Nodes, \b Edges, \b Faces or \b
-Volumes. You can combine many criteria in one filter, but they all
-must be of the same <b>Entity type</b>.
-\n The \b Add button creates a new criterion at the end of the list of
+
+\anchor filtering_elements
+<h2>Filter Dialog</h2>
+
+When we use filters during group creation or another operation (by 
+clicking <b>Set Filter</b> button in the corresponding dialog), the
+dialog for setting filters looks as shown below.
+
+\image html a-filteronfaces.png
+
+The \b Add button creates a new criterion at the end of the list of

 criteria. The \b Insert button creates a new criterion before the
 selected criterion. The \b Remove button deletes the selected
 criteria. The \b Insert button creates a new criterion before the
 selected criterion. The \b Remove button deletes the selected

-criterion. The \b Clear button deletes all criteria.
+criterion. The \b Clear button deletes all criteria.\n
+If there is a choice of <b>Entity type</b> in the dialog, only
+criteria of currently selected type are used to create or change a
+filter, and criteria of hidden types (if were specified) are ignored.

 \n Each <b>Entity type</b> has its specific list of criteria, however all
 \n Each <b>Entity type</b> has its specific list of criteria, however all

-filters have common syntax. For each criterion you should specify the
-<b>Threshold Value</b> and whether we search for the elements that should be
-\b More, \b Less or \b Equal to this \b Value. You can also reverse the
-sense of a criterion using \b Unary operator Not and you should
-specify logical relations between criteria using \b Binary operators
-Or and And.
-\n Some criteria should have the additional parameter of \b Tolerance.
-
-When we create a group using filters (for this click
-<b>Set Filters</b> button in the <b>Create Group</b> dialog), the menu
-for setting filters looks a bit differently (see below). Switching
-on <b>Insert filter in viewer</b> checkbox limits selection of elements
-in the Viewer using your current filter.
+filters have common syntax. The <b>Threshold Value</b> should be specified 
+for most criteria. For numerical criteria it is necessary to indicate if 
+the found elements should be \b More, \b Less or \b Equal to this
+\b Value. You can also reverse the sense of a criterion using \b Unary
+operator \a Not and you should specify logical relations between
+criteria using \b Binary operators \a Or and \a And.
+\n Some criteria have the additional parameter of \b Tolerance.<br> 
+Switching on <b>Insert filter in viewer</b> check-box limits
+selection of elements in the Viewer to the current filter.

 <br>
 In the \b Source field you choose if the filter will be applied to
 the whole \b Mesh, the <b>Initial Selection</b> or the <b>Current
 <br>
 In the \b Source field you choose if the filter will be applied to
 the whole \b Mesh, the <b>Initial Selection</b> or the <b>Current

-Group</b>. If \b Mesh is chosen, the elements satisfying the filter
+Dialog</b>. If \b Mesh is chosen, the elements satisfying the filter

 will be selected in the 3D Viewer. If <b> Initial Selection</b> is
 chosen, the filter will be applied to the selected elements and the
 will be selected in the 3D Viewer. If <b> Initial Selection</b> is
 chosen, the filter will be applied to the selected elements and the

-elements rejected by the filter will be deseleced. If <b>Current
-Group</b> is chosen, the filter will be applied to the list of
-elements in the <em>Greate Croup</em> dialog and the elements rejected
+elements rejected by the filter will be deselected. If <b>Current
+Dialog</b> is chosen, the filter will be applied to the list of
+elements in the current dialog and the elements rejected

 by the filter will be removed from the list.
 <br>
 <b>Copy from...</b> button gives you a possibility to load an
 by the filter will be removed from the list.
 <br>
 <b>Copy from...</b> button gives you a possibility to load an


@@ -56,21 +64,28 @@ in the Library.
 is no selected mesh in the Object Browser and the filter can not be
 created. You have to select the mesh and the button will be enabled.
 
 is no selected mesh in the Object Browser and the filter can not be
 created. You have to select the mesh and the button will be enabled.
 

-\image html a-filteronfaces.png
-

 Some criteria are applicable to all <b>Entity types</b>:
 <ul><li>
 Some criteria are applicable to all <b>Entity types</b>:
 <ul><li>

-<b>Belong to Geom</b> selects entities whose all nodes
-lie on the shape defined by <b>Threshold Value</b>.
-If the threshold shape is a sub-shape of the main shape of the mesh
-the algorithm works faster, if this is any other
-shape the algorithm works slower.
+<b>Belong to Geom</b> selects entities whose all nodes lie on the
+shape defined by <b>Threshold Value</b>. 
+If the threshold shape is a sub-shape of the main shape of the mesh,
+the filtering algorithm works faster because node-to-shape association
+is used instead of measuring distance between nodes and the shape, and
+\b Tolerance is not used. If the threshold shape is any other shape,
+the algorithm works slower because distance between nodes and the
+shape is measured and is compared with \b Tolerance.

 </li><li>
 <b>Lying on Geom</b> selects entities whose at least one node
 lies on the shape defined by the <b>Threshold Value</b>.
 </li><li>
 <b>Lying on Geom</b> selects entities whose at least one node
 lies on the shape defined by the <b>Threshold Value</b>.

-If the hreshold shape is a sub-shape of the main shape of the mesh the
-algorithm works faster, if this is any other
-shape, the algorithm works slower.
+If the threshold shape is a sub-shape of the main shape of the mesh,
+the filtering algorithm works faster because node-to-shape association
+is used instead of measuring distance between nodes and the shape, and
+\b Tolerance is not used. If the threshold shape is any other shape,
+the algorithm works slower because distance between nodes and the
+shape is measured and is compared with \b Tolerance.
+</li><li>
+<b>Belong to Mesh Group</b> selects entities included into the mesh group
+defined by the <b>Threshold Value</b>.

 </li><li>
 <b>Range of IDs</b> allows selection of entities with the specified
 IDs. 
 </li><li>
 <b>Range of IDs</b> allows selection of entities with the specified
 IDs. 


@@ -78,22 +93,34 @@ IDs.
 </li><li>
 <b>Color of Group</b> allows selection of entities belonging to the Group with
 the color defined by the <b>Threshold Value</b>.
 </li><li>
 <b>Color of Group</b> allows selection of entities belonging to the Group with
 the color defined by the <b>Threshold Value</b>.

+</li><li>
+<b>Elements of a domain</b> allows selection of entities belonging to
+one domain of a mesh. The domain is mesh part not connected to
+other parts. <b>Threshold Value</b> locating any element of the domain can be either
+- node ID (that you can pick in the Viewer) or
+- geometrical vertex (that you can pick either in the Viewer or in the
+  Object Browser) or
+- 3 coordinates of a point (that you can enter in TUI mode only).
+

 </li>
 </ul>
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 

-Some criteria are applicable to all <b>Entity types</b>, except for
-<b>Nodes</b>
+Some criteria are applicable to entities of dimension
+more than zero, i.e. to \b Edges, \b Faces and \b Volumes:

 <ul><li>
 <b>Linear</b> allows selection of Linear or Quadratic elements (if Unary is set to "Not")
 </li><li>
 <b>Geometry type</b> allows selection of elements by their geometric type
 defined by the <b>Threshold Value</b>. The list of available geometric
 <ul><li>
 <b>Linear</b> allows selection of Linear or Quadratic elements (if Unary is set to "Not")
 </li><li>
 <b>Geometry type</b> allows selection of elements by their geometric type
 defined by the <b>Threshold Value</b>. The list of available geometric

-types depends on the element entity type defined by the <b>Threshold Value</b>.
+types depends on the current entity type.
+</li><li>
+<b>Entity type</b> allows selection of elements by their type defined
+as a combination of geometry type and the number of nodes.

 </li>
 </ul>
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 

-The following criteria are applicable to all <b>Entity types</b>
-except for <b>Volumes</b>:
+The following criteria are applicable to Entities of \b all types
+except for \a Volumes:

 <ul><li>
 <b>Belong to Plane</b> selects entities whose all nodes belong to a
 specified plane within a given <b>Tolerance</b>.
 <ul><li>
 <b>Belong to Plane</b> selects entities whose all nodes belong to a
 specified plane within a given <b>Tolerance</b>.


@@ -119,7 +146,7 @@ See also \ref tui_double_nodes_control "Double Nodes quality control".
 The following criteria allow selecting mesh <b>Edges</b>:
 <ul><li>
 <b>Free Borders</b> selects free 1D mesh elements, i.e. edges belonging to 
 The following criteria allow selecting mesh <b>Edges</b>:
 <ul><li>
 <b>Free Borders</b> selects free 1D mesh elements, i.e. edges belonging to 

-one face only. See also a
+one element (face or volume) only. See also a

 \ref free_borders_page "Free Borders quality control".
 </li><li>
 <b>Double edges</b> selects 1D mesh elements basing on the same set of nodes.
 \ref free_borders_page "Free Borders quality control".
 </li><li>
 <b>Double edges</b> selects 1D mesh elements basing on the same set of nodes.


@@ -163,11 +190,11 @@ The following criteria allow selecting mesh <b>Faces</b>:
 \ref area_page "Area quality control"), which is more, less or equal (within a given
 <b>Tolerance</b>) to the predefined <b>Threshold Value</b>.
 </li><li>
 \ref area_page "Area quality control"), which is more, less or equal (within a given
 <b>Tolerance</b>) to the predefined <b>Threshold Value</b>.
 </li><li>

-<b>Free edges</b> selects 2D mesh elements consisting of edges belonging to 
-one element of mesh only. See also a
+<b>Free edges</b> selects 2D mesh elements having at least one 
+edge, which is not shared with other faces. See also a

 \ref free_edges_page "Free Edges quality control".
 </li><li>
 \ref free_edges_page "Free Edges quality control".
 </li><li>

-<b>Free faces</b> selects 2D mesh elements wich belong to less than two volumes.
+<b>Free faces</b> selects 2D mesh elements, which belong to less than two volumes.

 </li><li>
 <b>Double faces</b> selects 2D mesh elements basing on the same set of nodes.
 See also \ref filter_double_elements "Double Elements quality control".
 </li><li>
 <b>Double faces</b> selects 2D mesh elements basing on the same set of nodes.
 See also \ref filter_double_elements "Double Elements quality control".


@@ -203,7 +230,7 @@ diagonals with a value of length, which is more, less or equal
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 

-The following criteria allow selecting  mesh <b>Volumes</b>:
+The following criteria allow selecting mesh <b>Volumes</b>:

 <ul><li>
 <b>Aspect ratio 3D</b> selects 3D mesh elements with an aspect ratio (see also an
 \ref aspect_ratio_3d_page "Aspect Ratio 3D quality control"), which is more, less or equal
 <ul><li>
 <b>Aspect ratio 3D</b> selects 3D mesh elements with an aspect ratio (see also an
 \ref aspect_ratio_3d_page "Aspect Ratio 3D quality control"), which is more, less or equal


@@ -224,7 +251,7 @@ See also \ref filter_double_elements "Double Elements quality control".
 <b>Bad oriented volume</b> selects mesh volumes, which are incorrectly oriented from
 the point of view of MED convention.
 </li><li>
 <b>Bad oriented volume</b> selects mesh volumes, which are incorrectly oriented from
 the point of view of MED convention.
 </li><li>

-<b>Over-constrained volumes</b> selects mesh volumes having only one border shared 
+<b>Over-constrained volumes</b> selects mesh volumes having only one facet shared 

 with other volumes.
 See also \ref over_constrained_volumes_page "Over-constrained volumes quality control".
 </li><li>
 with other volumes.
 See also \ref over_constrained_volumes_page "Over-constrained volumes quality control".
 </li><li>