smesh/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/mesh_infos.doc

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\page mesh_infos_page Mesh Information

The user can obtain an information about the selected mesh object
(mesh, sub-mesh or group) using <b>Mesh Information</b> dialog box.

To view the <b>Mesh Information</b>, select your mesh, sub-mesh or
group in the <b>Object Browser</b> and invoke <b>Mesh Information</b>
item from the \b Mesh menu or click <em>"Mesh Information"</em> button
in the toolbar. 

\image html image49.png
<center><em>"Mesh Information" button</em></center>

The <b>Mesh Information</b> dialog box provides two tab pages:
- <b>Base Info</b> - to show base information about selected mesh
object
- <b>Element Info</b> - to show detail information about selected mesh
node or element.

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<h2>Base Info</h2>

The <b>Base Info</b> tab page of the dialog box provides general
information on the selected object - mesh, sub-mesh or mesh group:
name, type, total number of nodes and elements separately for each
type: 0D elements, edges, faces and volumes.

\image html advanced_mesh_infos.png
<center><em>"Base Info" page</em></center>

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<h2>Mesh Element Information</h2> 

The <b>Element Info</b> tab page of the dialog box gives basic
information about the type, coordinates and connectivity of the
selected mesh node or element.

\image html eleminfo1.png
<center><em>"Element Info" page, node information</em></center>
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\image html eleminfo2.png 
<center><em>"Element Info" page, element information</em></center>

The use can either input the ID of a node or element he wants to
analyze directly in the dialog box or select the node or element in
the 3D viewer.

In case you get <b>Mesh Information</b> via a TUI script, the information is
displayed in the Python Console. 
<b>See the</b> \ref tui_viewing_mesh_infos "TUI Example".

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