<!doctype HTML public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Frameset//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Creating groups</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name="generator" content="RoboHelp by eHelp Corporation www.ehelp.com"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../default_ns.css"><script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpSplitCss"> <!-- if (navigator.appName !="Netscape") { document.write("<link rel='stylesheet' href='../default.css'>");} //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- p.whs1 { font-weight:bold; } img_whs2 { border:none; width:30px; height:30px; float:none; border-style:none; } p.whs3 { margin-left:40px; font-weight:normal; } ul.whs4 { list-style:disc; } p.whs5 { font-weight:bold; margin-left:40px; } p.whs6 { margin-left:40px; font-weight:bold; } p.whs7 { margin-left:40px; } p.whs8 { margin-left:36px; } table.whs9 { x-cell-content-align:top; width:100%; border-spacing:0px; } col.whs10 { width:33.382%; } col.whs11 { width:66.618%; } tr.whs12 { x-cell-content-align:top; } td.whs13 { width:33.382%; padding-right:10px; padding-left:10px; border-bottom-style:none; border-right-style:none; border-left-style:none; border-top-style:none; } img_whs14 { border:none; width:312px; height:565px; float:none; border-style:none; } td.whs15 { width:66.618%; padding-right:10px; padding-left:10px; border-bottom-style:none; border-top-style:none; border-right-style:none; } p.whs16 { margin-left:0px; } img_whs17 { border:none; width:145px; height:150px; border-style:none; float:left; } img_whs18 { border:none; width:149px; height:158px; border-style:none; } col.whs19 { width:33.48%; } col.whs20 { width:66.52%; } td.whs21 { width:33.48%; padding-right:10px; padding-left:10px; border-right-style:none; border-left-style:none; border-top-style:none; border-bottom-style:none; } img_whs22 { border:none; width:312px; height:312px; float:none; border-style:none; } td.whs23 { width:66.52%; padding-right:10px; padding-left:10px; border-top-style:none; border-bottom-style:none; border-right-style:none; } img_whs24 { border:none; width:135px; height:150px; border-style:none; } p.whs25 { margin-left:80px; } --> </style><script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> <!-- if ((navigator.appName == "Netscape") && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4)) { var strNSS = "<style type='text/css'>"; strNSS += "p.whs16 {margin-left:1pt; }"; strNSS +="</style>"; document.write(strNSS); } //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpInlineScript"> <!-- function reDo() { if (innerWidth != origWidth || innerHeight != origHeight) location.reload(); } if ((parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4) && (navigator.appName == "Netscape")) { origWidth = innerWidth; origHeight = innerHeight; onresize = reDo; } onerror = null; //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- div.WebHelpPopupMenu { position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; z-index:4; visibility:hidden; } --> </style><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whmsg.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="../whver.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whproxy.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whutils.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whtopic.js"></script> </head> <body><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2"> <!-- if (window.gbWhTopic) { if (window.addTocInfo) { addTocInfo("MESH module\nGrouping elements\nCreating groups"); addButton("show",BTN_TEXT,"Show","","","","",0,0,"","",""); } if (window.writeBtnStyle) writeBtnStyle(); if (window.writeIntopicBar) writeIntopicBar(1); if (window.setRelStartPage) { setRelStartPage("../smesh.htm"); autoSync(1); sendSyncInfo(); sendAveInfoOut(); } } else if (window.gbIE4) document.location.reload(); //--> </script> <h1>Creating groups</h1> <p class="whs1"><img src="../i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs2"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">In MESH you can create groups of elements of different types. To create a group of elements</span><span style="font-weight: normal; margin-left: 40px;"> in the </span><span style="margin-left: 40px;">Mesh</span><span style="font-weight: normal; margin-left: 40px;"> menu select </span><span style="margin-left: 40px;">Create Group</span><span style="font-weight: normal; margin-left: 40px;">.</span><span style="margin-left: 40px;"> </span></p> <p class="whs3">To create any group you should define the following: </p> <ul type="disc" class="whs4"> <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Mesh: <span style="font-weight: normal;">the name of the mesh whose elements will form your group. You can select your mesh in the Objet Browser or in the 3D viewer.</span></p></li> <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs3"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Elements</B></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Type</B></span> set of radio buttons allows to select the type of elements which will form your group:</p></li> <ul type="disc" class="whs4"> <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6">Nodes</p></li> <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6">Edges </p></li> <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6">Faces</p></li> <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs6">Volumes</p></li> </ul> <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs3"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Name </B></span>field allows to enter the name of your new group.</p></li> </ul> <p class="whs3">SALOME Platform distinguishes between the two Group types: <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Standalone Group</B></span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Group on Geometry</B></span>. </p> <h3>Standalone Group </h3> <p class="whs7">The box for creation of a <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Standalone Group</B></span> appears by default. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Standalone Group</B></span> consists of mesh elements, which you can define in two possible ways.</p> <ul type="disc" class="whs4"> <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Choosing them manually with the mouse in the 3D Viewer. You can click on an element in the 3D viewer and it will be highlighted. After that click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Add </B></span>button and the ID of this element will be added to the list. </p></li> <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7">Applying Filters. The <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Set filter </B></span>button allows to apply a definite filter to selection of the elements of your group. See more about filters on the <a href="../selection_filter_library.htm">Selection filter library</a> page. </p></li> </ul> <p class="whs7">To remove a selected element or elements from the list click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove </B></span>button. The <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Sort List </B></span>button allows to sort the list of IDs of mesh elements. </p> <p class="whs7"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select from </B></span>set of fields allows to choose a submesh or an existing group whose elements of the previously defined type will be added to the list of elements which will form your group.</p> <p class="whs7"> </p> <table x-use-null-cells cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="whs9"> <col class="whs10"> <col class="whs11"> <tr valign="top" class="whs12"> <td width="33.382%" class="whs13"> <p class="whs1"><img src="../pics/creategroup.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="565px" border="0" class="img_whs14"></td> <td width="66.618%" class="whs15"> <p class="whs16"><img src="../image130.gif" width="145px" height="150px" align="left" border="0" class="img_whs17"> </p> <p class="whs16"> </p> <p class="whs16"> </p> <p class="whs16"> </p> <p class="whs16"> </p> <p class="whs16"> </p> <p class="whs16">In this picture the brown cells belong to a group defined manually.</p> <p class="whs16"> </p> <p class="whs16"> <img src="../image131.gif" width="149px" height="158px" border="0" class="img_whs18"> In this picture the brown cells belong to the group defined by the criterion <br> Taper > 0. </p> <p class="whs16"> </p> <p class="whs16"> </td></tr> </table> <p class="whs7"> </p> <p class="whs5"> See Also a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../grouping_elements.htm#bookmark">Create a Standalone Group</a> operation. </p> <h3>Group on Geometry </h3> <p class="whs3">To create a group on geometry check <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Group on geometry</B></span> in the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Group type</B></span> field. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Group on geometry </B></span>contains the elements of a certain type belonging to the selected<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <B></B></span>geometrical object. To define a group select in the Objet Browser or in the 3D viewer a geometrical object from which the elements will be taken. After confirmation of the operation MESH will create a new group of mesh elements.</p> <p class="whs3"> </p> <table x-use-null-cells cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="whs9"> <col class="whs19"> <col class="whs20"> <tr valign="top" class="whs12"> <td width="33.48%" class="whs21"> <p><img src="../pics/a-creategroup.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="312px" border="0" class="img_whs22"></td> <td width="66.52%" class="whs23"> <p><img src="../image132.gif" width="135px" height="150px" border="0" class="img_whs24"> In this picture the cells which belong to a certain face are selected in green. </td></tr> </table> <p class="whs3"> </p> <p class="whs6"> See Also a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../grouping_elements.htm#bookmark5">Create a Group on Geometry</a><a href="../grouping_elements.htm#bookmark"> </a>operation. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p class="whs16"> </p> <p class="whs25"> </p> <p> </p> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2"> <!-- if (window.writeIntopicBar) writeIntopicBar(0); //--> </script> </body> </html>