Introduction to Mesh module

Mesh module of SALOME is destined for:

• creating meshes in different ways:
  • by meshing geometrical models previously created or imported by the Geometry component;
  • bottom-up, using mesh edition operations, especially extrusion and revolution;
  • by generation of the 3D mesh from the 2D mesh not based on the geometry (imported for example);
• importing and exporting meshes in various formats;
• modifying meshes with a vast array of dedicated operations;
• creating groups of mesh elements;
• filtering mesh entities (nodes or elements) using Filters functionality for creating groups and applying mesh modifications;
• viewing meshes in the VTK viewer and getting info on mesh and its sub-objects;
• applying to meshes Quality Controls, allowing to highlight important elements;
• taking various measurements of the mesh objects.

It is possible to use the variables predefined in Salome notebook to set parameters of operations.

Mesh module preferences are described in the Mesh preferences section of SALOME Mesh Help.

Almost all mesh module functionalities are accessible via Mesh module Python interface.

There is a set of tools plugged-in the module to extend the basic functionality listed above.

Example of MESH module usage for engineering tasks