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About SALOME MG-Tetra plug-in
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SALOME MG-Tetra plug-in adds DISTENE MG-Tetra (former GHS3D) meshing algorithm
to the SALOME Mesh module.

MG-Tetra meshing algorithm is destined for:
- Meshing of 3D geometric entities: solids are split into tetrahedral (pyramidal)
  elements;
- Generating of 3D meshes from 2D meshes (triangles and quadrangles), working without
  geometrical objects.

For more information please visit the SALOME platform web site:

  <http://www.salome-platform.org/>

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License
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SALOME platform is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
See COPYING file for more details.

Also, additional information can be found at SALOME platform web site:

  <http://www.salome-platform.org/downloads/license/>

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Installation
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Pre-requisites
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SALOME platform relies on a set of third-party softwares; some of them are needed
at build time only, while other ones are needed in runtime also.

For more information about the pre-requisites please visit SALOME platform web
site:

* Check Release Notes and Software Requirements of the latest SALOME release at

  <http://www.salome-platform.org/downloads/current-version/>

* Pre-requisites page at SALOME web site:

  <http://www.salome-platform.org/downloads/license/>

Note: SALOME MG-Tetra plug-in needs SALOME KERNEL, SALOME GUI, SALOME Geometry
and SALOME Mesh as pre-requisites.

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Basic Installation
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The build procedure of the SALOME platform is implemented with CMake.
In order to build the plug-in you have to do the following actions: 

1. Set up environment for pre-requisites (see "Pre-requisites" section above).

2. Create a build directory:

   % mkdir GHS3DPLUGIN_BUILD

3. Configure the build procedure:

   % cd GHS3DPLUGIN_BUILD
   % cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<mode> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<installation_directory> <path_to_src_dir>

   where
   - <mode> is either Release or Debug (default: Release);
   - <installation_directory> is a destination folder to install SALOME MG-Tetra
     plug-in (default: /usr); 
   - <path_to_src_dir> is a path to the SALOME MG-Tetra plug-in sources directory.

   Note: by default (if CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX option is not given), SALOME MG-Tetra
   plug-in will be configured for installation to the /usr directory that requires
   root permissions to complete the installation.

4. Build and install:

   % make
   % make install

   This will install SALOME MG-Tetra plug-in to the <installation_directory>
   specified to cmake command on the previous step.

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Custom installation
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SALOME MG-Tetra plug-in supports a set of advanced configuration options;
for more details learn CMakeLists.txt file in the root source directory.

You can also use other options of cmake command to customize your installation.
Learn more about available options by typing

   % cmake --help

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Documentation
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The directory doc contains additional documentation file of SALOME MG-Tetra
plug-in.

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Troubleshooting
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Please, send a mail to webmaster.salome@opencascade.com.