#. Create an instance of :class:`smeshBuilder.smeshBuilder`:
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from salome.smesh import smeshBuilder
smesh = smeshBuilder.New()
#. Create a :class:`smeshBuilder.Mesh` object:
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mesh = smesh.Mesh( geometry )
#. Create and assign :ref:`algorithms <basic_meshing_algos_page>` by calling corresponding methods of the mesh. If a sub-shape is provided as an argument, a :ref:`sub-mesh <constructing_submeshes_page>` is implicitly created on this sub-shape:
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regular1D = mesh.Segment()
mefisto = mesh.Triangle( smeshBuilder.MEFISTO )
#. Create and assign :ref:`hypotheses <about_hypo_page>` by calling corresponding methods of algorithms:
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segLen10 = regular1D.LocalLength( 10. )
maxArea = mefisto.LocalLength( 100. )
netgen.SetMaxSize( 20. )
netgen.SetFineness( smeshBuilder.VeryCoarse )
-#. :ref:`compute_anchor` the mesh (generate mesh nodes and elements):
+#. :ref:`Compute the mesh <compute_anchor>` (generate mesh nodes and elements):
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mesh.Compute()
all methods of any object in hand (e.g. a mesh group or a hypothesis)
by calling *dir()* Python built-in function.
-All methods of the Mesh Group can be found in :ref:`tui_create_standalone_group` sample script.
+All methods of the :class:`Mesh Group <SMESH.SMESH_GroupBase>` can be found in :ref:`tui_create_standalone_group` sample script.
An example below demonstrates usage of the Python API for 3D mesh
-generation and for retrieving information on mesh nodes and elements.
+generation and for retrieving basic information on mesh nodes, elements and groups.
.. _example_3d_mesh:
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.. literalinclude:: ../../../examples/3dmesh.py
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:language: python
:download:`Download this script <../../../examples/3dmesh.py>`
