smesh/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/smeshpy_interface.rst
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.. _smeshpy_interface_page:
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Python interface
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Python API of SALOME Mesh module defines several classes that can
be used for easy mesh creation and edition.
Documentation of SALOME %Mesh module Python API is available in two forms:
- :ref:`Structured documentation <modules_page>`, where all methods and classes are grouped by their functionality.
- :ref:`Linear documentation <genindex>` grouped only by classes, declared in the :mod:`smeshBuilder` and :mod:`StdMeshersBuilder` Python packages.
With SALOME 7.2, the Python interface for Mesh has been slightly modified to offer new functionality.
You may have to modify your scripts generated with SALOME 6 or older versions.
Please see :ref:`smesh_migration_page`.
Class :class:`smeshBuilder.smeshBuilder` provides an interface to create and handle
meshes. It can be used to create an empty mesh or to import mesh from the data file.
As soon as a mesh is created, it is possible to manage it via its own
methods, described in class :class:`smeshBuilder.Mesh` documentation.
Class :class:`smeshstudytools.SMeshStudyTools` provides several methods to manipulate mesh objects in Salome study.
A usual workflow to generate a mesh on geometry is following:
#. Create an instance of :class:`smeshBuilder.smeshBuilder`:
.. code-block:: python
:linenos:
from salome.smesh import smeshBuilder
smesh = smeshBuilder.New( salome.myStudy )
#. Create a :class:`smeshBuilder.Mesh` object:
.. code-block:: python
:linenos:
mesh = smesh.Mesh( geometry )
#. Create and assign :ref:`basic_meshing_algos_page` by calling corresponding methods of the mesh. If a sub-shape is provided as an argument, a :ref:`constructing_submeshes_page` is implicitly created on this sub-shape:
.. code-block:: python
:linenos:
regular1D = smeshBuilder.Mesh.Segment()
mefisto = smeshBuilder.Mesh.Triangle( smeshBuilder.MEFISTO )
# use other triangle algorithm on a face -- a sub-mesh appears in the mesh
netgen = smeshBuilder.Mesh.Triangle( smeshBuilder.NETGEN_1D2D, face )
#. Create and assign :ref:`about_hypo_page` by calling corresponding methods of algorithms:
.. code-block:: python
:linenos:
segLen10 = StdMeshersBuilder.StdMeshersBuilder_Segment.LocalLength( 10. )
maxArea = StdMeshersBuilder.StdMeshersBuilder_Segment.LocalLength( 100. )
netgen.SetMaxSize( 20. )
netgen.SetFineness( smeshBuilder.VeryCoarse )
#. :ref:`compute_anchor` the mesh (generate mesh nodes and elements):
.. code-block:: python
:linenos:
Mesh.Compute()
An easiest way to start with Python scripting is to do something in
GUI and then to get a corresponding Python script via
**File > Dump Study** menu item. Don't forget that you can get
all methods of any object in hand (e.g. a mesh group or a hypothesis)
by calling *dir()* Python built-in function.
All methods of the Mesh Group can be found in :ref:`tui_create_standalone_group` sample script.
An example below demonstrates usage of the Python API for 3d mesh
generation and for retrieving information on mesh nodes and elements.
.. _example_3d_mesh:
Example of 3d mesh generation:
##############################
.. _3dmesh.py:
``3dmesh.py``
.. literalinclude:: ../../../examples/3dmesh.py
:linenos:
:language: python
:download:`../../../examples/3dmesh.py`
Examples of Python scripts for Mesh operations are available by
the following links:
- :ref:`tui_creating_meshes_page`
- :ref:`tui_defining_hypotheses_page`
- :ref:`tui_grouping_elements_page`
- :ref:`tui_filters_page`
- :ref:`tui_modifying_meshes_page`
- :ref:`tui_transforming_meshes_page`
- :ref:`tui_viewing_meshes_page`
- :ref:`tui_quality_controls_page`
- :ref:`tui_measurements_page`
- :ref:`tui_work_on_objects_from_gui`
- :ref:`tui_notebook_smesh_page`
- :ref:`tui_cartesian_algo`
- :ref:`tui_use_existing_faces`
- :ref:`tui_prism_3d_algo`
- :ref:`tui_generate_flat_elements_page`
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
smesh_migration.rst