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diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/about_meshes.doc b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/about_meshes.doc
index 470cb854d..14b7a5441 100644
--- a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/about_meshes.doc
+++ b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/about_meshes.doc
@@ -19,29 +19,29 @@ Mesh module provides several ways to create the mesh:
Construction of \subpage constructing_submeshes_page "sub-meshes"
allows to discretize some sub-shapes of the main shape, for example a face,
- using different meshing parameters than other sub-shapes.
+ using the meshing parameters that differ from those for other sub-shapes.
Meshing parameters of meshes and sub-meshes can be
\subpage editing_meshes_page "edited". (Upon edition only mesh entities
generated using changed meshing parameters are removed and will be
re-computed).
- \note Algorithms and hypotheses used at mesh level are referred as
- \a global ones and those used at sub-mesh level are referred as \a
+ \note Algorithms and hypotheses used at mesh level are referred to as
+ \a global ones and those used at sub-mesh level are referred to as \a
local ones.
Bottom-up way, using \ref modifying_meshes_page "mesh modification"
operations, especially \ref extrusion_page "extrusion" and \ref
- revolution_page "revolution". To create an empty mesh not based on
+ revolution_page "revolution". To create an empty mesh not based on a
geometry, use the same dialog as to \ref constructing_meshes_page
- "construct the mesh on geometry" but do not specify any geometry
- nor meshing algorithm.
+ "construct the mesh on geometry" but do not specify a geometry
+ or a meshing algorithm.
- The mesh can be \ref importing_exporting_meshes_page "imported" from
+ The mesh can be \subpage importing_exporting_meshes_page "imported" from
(and exported to) the file in MED, UNV, STL, CGNS, DAT, GMF and
SAUVE formats.
The 3D mesh can be generated from the 2D mesh, \ref
importing_exporting_meshes_page "imported" or manually created. To
- setup the meshing parameters of a mesh not based on geometry, just
+ setup the meshing parameters of a mesh not based on a geometry, just
invoke \ref editing_meshes_page "Edit mesh / sub-mesh" command on
your 3D mesh.
@@ -66,29 +66,29 @@ Attractive meshing capabilities include:
sub-meshes.
The \b structure of a SALOME mesh is described by nodes and elements based on
-these nodes. Geometry of the element is defined by the sequence of
+these nodes. The geometry of an element is defined by the sequence of
nodes constituting it and
the
connectivity convention (adopted from MED library). Definition of
-the element basing on elements of lower dimension is NOT supported.
+the element basing on the elements of a lower dimension is NOT supported.
\anchor mesh_entities
The mesh can include the following entities:
-- \b Node — an entity of a mesh defining a position in 3D
+
- \b Node — a mesh entity defining a position in 3D
space with coordinates (x, y, z).
-- \b Edge (or segment) — 1D element of a mesh linking two nodes.
-- \b Face — 2D element of a mesh representing a part of
+
- \b Edge (or segment) — 1D mesh element linking two nodes.
+- \b Face — 2D mesh element representing a part of
surface bound by links between face nodes. A face can be a
triangle, quadrangle or polygon.
-- \b Volume — 3D element of a mesh representing a part of 3D
+
- \b Volume — 3D mesh element representing a part of 3D
space bound by volume facets. Nodes of a volume describing each
facet are defined by
the
MED connectivity convention. A volume can be a tetrahedron, hexahedron,
pentahedron, pyramid, hexagonal prism or polyhedron.
-- \b 0D element — element of a mesh defined by one node.
-- \b Ball element — discrete element of a mesh defined by a
+
- \b 0D element — mesh element defined by one node.
+- \b Ball element — discrete mesh element defined by a
node and a diameter.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ generated on (if any). The node generated on the geometrical edge or
surface in addition stores its position in parametric space of the
associated geometrical entity.
-SALOME supports elements of second order, without central node
+SALOME supports elements of second order, without a central node
(quadratic triangle, quadrangle, tetrahedron, hexahedron, pentahedron
and pyramid) and with central nodes (bi-quadratic triangle and
quadrangle and tri-quadratic hexahedron).