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/*!
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\page extrusion_page Extrusion
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\n Extrusion is used to build mesh elements of plus one
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dimension than the input ones. Boundary elements around generated
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mesh of plus one dimension are additionally created. All created
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elements can be automatically grouped. Extrusion can be used to create
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a \ref extrusion_struct "structured mesh from scratch".
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\image html extrusion_box.png "If you extrude several quadrangles, you get exactly the same mesh as if you meshed a geometrical box (except for that the initial quadrangles can be incorrectly oriented): quadrangles and segments are created on the boundary of the generated mesh"
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<p>Any node, segment or 2D element can be extruded. Each type of
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elements is extruded into a corresponding type of result elements:
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<table>
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<tr><td><b>Extruded element</b></td><td><b> Result element </b></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Node </td><td> Segment </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Segment </td><td> Quadrilateral </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Triangle </td><td> Pentahedron </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Quadrilateral </td><td> Hexahedron </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Polygon </td><td> Polyhedron </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Hexagonal polygon </td><td> Hexagonal prism </td></tr>
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</table>
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When 2D elements are extruded, in addition to 3D elements segments are
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created on the ribs of the resulting 3D mesh. Free edges of input 2D elements
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generate logically horizontal rib segments. Logically vertical rib
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segments are generated from the nodes belonging to a sole input 2D element
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(the figure below illustrates this rule).
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\image html extru_rib_segs.png "Two triangles extruded: no vertical rib segments generated from nodes #2 and #3 as they are shared by both triangles"
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<em>To use extrusion:</em>
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<ol>
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<li>From the \b Modification menu choose the \b Extrusion item or click
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<em>"Extrusion"</em> button in the toolbar.
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<center>
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\image html image91.png
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<em>"Extrusion" button</em>
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</center>
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The following dialog will appear:
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\image html extrusionalongaline1.png
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</li>
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<li>In this dialog:
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<ul>
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<li>Use \a Selection button to specify what you are going to
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select at a given moment, \b Nodes, \b Edges or \b Faces.
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\image html image120.png
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<center><em>"Selection" button</em></center>
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</li>
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<li>Specify \b Nodes, \b Edges and \b Faces, which will be extruded, by one
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of following means:
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<ul>
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<li><b>Select the whole mesh, sub-mesh or group</b> activating the
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corresponding check-box.</li>
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<li>Choose mesh elements with the mouse in the 3D Viewer. It is
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possible to select a whole area with a mouse frame.</li>
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<li>Input the element IDs directly in <b>Node IDs</b>, <b>Edge
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IDs</b> and <b>Face IDs</b> fields. The selected elements will
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be highlighted in the viewer, if the mesh is shown there.</li>
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<li>Apply Filters. <b>Set filter</b> button allows to apply a
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filter to the selection of elements. See more about filters in
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the \ref filtering_elements "Selection filters" page.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>If the <b>Extrusion to Distance</b> radio button is selected
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<ul>
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<li> specify the translation vector by which the elements will
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be extruded.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>If the <b>Extrusion Along Vector</b> radio button is selected
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\image html extrusionalongaline2.png
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<ul>
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<li>specify the components of the \b Vector along which the elements
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will be extruded, either directly or by selecting the mesh face (the
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normal to the face will define the vector),</li>
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<li>specify the \b Distance of extrusion along the vector (it can
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be negative).</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>If the <b>Extrusion By Normal</b> radio button is selected,
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every node of the selected faces is extruded along the \a average
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of the \a normal vectors to the faces sharing the node. (Nodes and
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edges cannot be extruded in this mode.)
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\image html extrusionalongaline3.png
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<ul>
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<li>Specify the \b Distance of extrusion (it can be negative),</li>
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<li>Use <b>Along average normal</b> check-box to specify along
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which vector the distance is measured.
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<ul>
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<li>If it is \a activated the distance is measured along the
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average normal mentioned above. </li>
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<li>If it is \a deactivated every node is extruded along the
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average normal till its intersection with a virtual plane obtained
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by translation of the face sharing the node along its own normal
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by the \b Distance.</li>
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</ul>
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The picture below shows a cross-section of a 2D mesh extruded
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with <b>Along average normal</b> activated (to the left) and
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deactivated (to the right).
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\image html extrusionbynormal_alongavgnorm.png "'Along average normal' activated (to the left) and deactivated (to the right)"
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<p></li>
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<li><b>Use only input elements</b> check-box specifies what
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elements will be used to compute the average normal.<ul>
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<li> If it is \a activated only selected faces, among faces
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sharing the node, are used to compute the average normal at
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the node. </li>
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<li>Else all faces sharing the node are used.</li></ul>
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The picture below shows a cross-section of a 2D mesh the upper
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plane of which is extruded with <b>Use only input elements</b>
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activated (to the left) and deactivated (to the right).
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\image html extrusionbynormal_useonly.png "'Use only input elements' activated (to the left) and deactivated (to the right)"
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<p></li>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<li>Specify the <b>Number of steps</b>.</li>
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<li>Optionally specify <b>Scale Factors</b>. Each scale factor in
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the list is applied to nodes of a corresponding extrusion step
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unless <b>Linear Variation of Scale Factors</b> is checked, is
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which case the scale factors are spread over all extrusion steps.</li>
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<ul>
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<li><b>Scaling Center</b> can be defined either using spin boxes
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or by picking a node in the Viewer or by picking a geometrical
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vertex in the Object Browser.</li>
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<li>\b Add button adds a scale factor to the list.
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\image html add.png
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<center><em>"Add" button</em></center>
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</li>
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<li>\b Remove button removes selected scale factors from the list.
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\image html remove.png
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<center><em>"Remove" button</em></center>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<li>If you activate <b>Generate Groups</b> check-box, the <em>result elements</em>
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created from <em>selected elements</em> contained in groups will be
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included into new groups named by pattern "<old group
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name>_extruded" and "<old group name>_top". For example if a
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selected quadrangle is included in \a g_Faces group (see figures
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below) then result hexahedra will be included in \a
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g_Faces_extruded group and a quadrangle created at the "top" of
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extruded mesh will be included in \a g_Faces_top group. <br>
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\image html extrusion_groups.png
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\image html extrusion_groups_res.png
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<p> This check-box is active only if there are some groups in the mesh.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<li>Click \b Apply or <b> Apply and Close</b> button to confirm the operation.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>
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\anchor extrusion_struct
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<h2>Example: creation of a structured mesh from scratch</h2>
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\image html image75.jpg "A node is extruded into a line of segments"
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<br>
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\image html image76.jpg "The line of segments is extruded into a quadrangle mesh"
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<br>
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\image html image77.jpg "The quadrangle mesh is revolved into a hexahedral mesh"
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<br><b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of an
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\ref tui_extrusion "Extrusion" operation.
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*/
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