# Running SMESH module

To start SMESH module in SALOME:

1. Run SALOME

2. Create a new study by clicking icon in the main toolbar. The following SALOME standard window will appear:

Before launching the SMESH module, you should set the VTK viewer as default viewer for creation of a new study window. In SMESH you can generate and work with meshes only in VTK viewer.

3. In the bottom toolbar click icon or from the bottom Choose box

select SMESH.

The initial desktop of the SALOME platform will be updated with some additional toolbars and menus related to the SMESH component . It will look like as follows: