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diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/double_nodes_page.doc b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/double_nodes_page.doc
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@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
\page double_nodes_page Duplicate Nodes or/and Elements
-\n This operation allows to duplicate nodes or/and elements of your mesh.
-Duplication of nodes can be useful to emulate a crack in the model.
+\n This operation allows duplicating mesh nodes or/and elements, which can be useful to emulate a crack in the model.
+
Duplication consists in creation of mesh element "equal" to existing ones.
To duplicate nodes or/and elements:
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ Duplication consists in creation of mesh element "equal" to existing ones.
\anchor mode_without_elem_anchor
-
Duplicate nodes only
-In this mode the dialog looks like:
+Duplicate nodes only
\image html duplicate01.png
@@ -42,28 +41,26 @@ Parameters to be defined in this mode:
Group of nodes to duplicate (mandatory): these
nodes will be duplicated.
Group of elements to replace nodes with new ones
- (optional): the new nodes will replace the nodes to
- duplicate within these elements.
+ (optional): the new nodes will replace the duplicated nodes within these elements.
Construct group with newly created nodes option
- (checked by default): if checked - the group with just
+ (checked by default): if checked - the group with newly
created nodes will be built.
-A schema below explains the crack emulation using the node duplication.
+A schema below illustrates how the crack is emulated using the node duplication.
\image html crack_emulation_double_nodes.png "Crack emulation"
This schema shows a virtual crack in a 2D mesh created using this duplication
-mode. In this schema:
-- Black balls are nodes to duplicate.
+mode:
+- Black balls are duplicated nodes.
- Red balls are new nodes.
- Elements to replace nodes with new ones are marked with green.
-Note that in reality nodes to duplicate coincide with new nodes.
-
+Note that in the reality duplicated nodes coincide with new nodes.
\anchor mode_with_elem_anchor
-Duplicate nodes and border elements
-In this mode the dialog looks like:
+
+Duplicate nodes and border elements
\image html duplicate02.png
@@ -77,10 +74,10 @@ Parameters to be defined in this mode:
(mandatory): the new nodes will replace the nodes to
duplicate within these elements.
Construct group with newly created elements option
- (checked by default): if checked - the group of just created
+ (checked by default): if checked - the group of newly created
elements will be built.
Construct group with newly created nodes option
- (checked by default): if checked - the group of just
+ (checked by default): if checked - the group of newly
created nodes will be built.
@@ -89,15 +86,14 @@ with border elements.
\image html crack_emulation_double_nodes_with_elems.png "Crack emulation"
This schema shows a virtual crack in a 2D mesh created using this duplication
mode. In this schema:
-- Black segments are elements to duplicate (edges in 2D case).
-- Black balls (except the lowest one) are nodes of elements to
- duplicate that are duplicated.
-- The lowest black ball is a node not to duplicate.
-- Red balls are creates nodes.
+- Black segments are duplicated elements (edges in 2D case).
+- Black balls (except for the lowest one) are duplicated nodes of duplicated elements.
+- The lowest black ball is the non-duplicated node.
+- Red balls are newly created nodes.
- Red segments are created elements (edges).
- Elements to replace nodes with new ones are marked with green.
-Note that in reality nodes to duplicate coincide with new nodes.
+Note that in the reality nodes to duplicate coincide with new nodes.
In a 3D case, where elements to duplicate are faces, the edges
located at the "crack" (if any) are cloned automatically.
@@ -106,24 +102,22 @@ located at the "crack" (if any) are cloned automatically.
\anchor mode_elem_only_anchor
Duplicate elements only
-This mode just duplicates given elements, i.e. creates new elements on
-the same nodes as the given elements.
+This mode duplicates the given elements, i.e. creates new elements with the same nodes as the given elements.
+
-In this mode the dialog looks like:
+
\image html duplicate03.png
-Parameters to be defined in this mode:
- Group of elements to duplicate (mandatory): these
elements will be duplicated.
- Construct group with newly created elements option
- (checked by default): if checked - the group of just created
- elements will be built. A name of the created group starts from
+ (checked by default): if checked - the group of newly created
+ elements will be built. The name of the created group starts from
"DoubleElements".
-
See Also a sample TUI Script of a
\ref tui_duplicate_nodes "Duplicate nodes or/and elements" operation.