X-Git-Url: http://git.salome-platform.org/gitweb/?p=modules%2Fsmesh.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsalome%2Fgui%2FSMESH%2Finput%2Fextrusion.rst;h=3cee68e31ff9ab9e0d0fc6274a7404cca48cf294;hp=c13ab9f0a7857c8ef26e33e5855d4f182858f31f;hb=401b2a2e54af16513f98bf23584a7f69ab8a2956;hpb=69119810f67bd2a5c51cb61e47d7ce0a009f6bf6;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/extrusion.rst b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/extrusion.rst index c13ab9f0a..3cee68e31 100644 --- a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/extrusion.rst +++ b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/extrusion.rst @@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ When 2D elements are extruded, in addition to 3D elements segments are created o * Input the element IDs directly in **Node IDs**, **Edge IDs** and **Face IDs** fields. The selected elements will be highlighted in the viewer, if the mesh is shown there. * Apply Filters. **Set filter** button allows to apply a filter to the selection of elements. See more about filters in the :ref:`filtering_elements` page. - * If the **Extrusion to Distance** radio button is selected + * If the **Extrusion to distance** radio button is selected * specify the translation vector by which the elements will be extruded. - * If the **Extrusion Along Vector** radio button is selected + * If the **Extrusion along vector** radio button is selected .. image:: ../images/extrusionalongaline2.png :align: center @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ When 2D elements are extruded, in addition to 3D elements segments are created o - * If the **Extrusion By Normal** radio button is selected, every node of the selected faces is extruded along the *average* of the *normal* vectors to the faces sharing the node. (Nodes and edges cannot be extruded in this mode.) + * If the **Extrusion by normal** radio button is selected, every node of the selected faces is extruded along the *average* of the *normal* vectors to the faces sharing the node. (Nodes and edges cannot be extruded in this mode.) .. image:: ../images/extrusionalongaline3.png :align: center @@ -115,11 +115,15 @@ When 2D elements are extruded, in addition to 3D elements segments are created o * Specify the **Number of steps**. - * Optionally specify **Scale Factors**. Each scale factor in the list is applied to nodes of a corresponding extrusion step unless **Linear Variation of Scale Factors** is checked, is which case the scale factors are spread over all extrusion steps. - * **Scaling Center** can be defined either using spin boxes or by picking a node in the Viewer or by picking a geometrical vertex in the Object Browser. + * Optionally specify **Scale factors**. Each scale factor in the list is applied to nodes of a corresponding extrusion step unless **Linear variation of factors** is checked, is which case the scale factors are spread over all extrusion steps. + * **Base point** serving as a scaling canter can be defined either using spin boxes or by picking a node in the Viewer or by picking a geometrical vertex in the Object Browser. * **Add** button |add| adds a scale factor to the list. * **Remove** button |rm| removes selected scale factors from the list. + * The elements can also be rotated around the **Base point** to get the resulting mesh in a helical fashion. You can set the values of **Rotation angles** to the list by pressing the *"Add"* button |add| and remove them from the list by pressing the *"Remove"* button |rm|. + + **Linear variation of angles** option allows defining the angle of gradual rotation for the whole path. At each step the elements will be rotated by *( angle / nb. of steps )*. + * If you activate **Generate Groups** check-box, the *result elements* created from *selected elements* contained in groups will be included into new groups named by pattern "_extruded" and "_top". For example if a selected quadrangle is included in *g_Faces* group (see figures below) then result hexahedra will be included in *g_Faces_extruded* group and a quadrangle created at the "top" of extruded mesh will be included in *g_Faces_top group*. .. image:: ../images/extrusion_groups.png