Using HexaBlock with the Graphical User Interface (GUI)

HexaBlock is a component of SALOME with an interactive part and has:

• its own menus and toolboxes,

• its document zone to represent all kind of objects (vertices, hexahedral, etc.),

• its graphic zone to visualize the model and the mesh.

It provides the toolset allowing to:

• Build a model of block:

  • create basic geometrical objects: point, edge, quadrangle, hexahedra,

  • create grid: cartesian, cylindrical, spherical,

  • create a cylinder, a pipe, two intersected cylinders, two intersected pipes, an hemisphere, a rind,

  • remove an hexahedron,

  • replace hexahedrons,

  • disconnect by a point, an edge, a quadrangle,

  • join quadrangles by hexahedra, merge quadrangles,

  • transform or modify by translation, rotation and other symmetries,

  • make quad revolution.

• Associate a model of block to a geometry:

  • associate vertices of the model of blocks to vertices of a geometry,

  • associate edges of the model of blocks to edges of a geometry,

  • associate quadrangles of the model of blocks to faces of a geometry,

  • associate lines.

• Generate a mesh:

  • define groups,

  • define laws on propagations,

  • generate an hexahedral mesh.

• Component
• Document
• Vertex
• Edge
• Quadrangle
  • Create from vertices
  • Create from edges
• Hexahedron
  • Create from quadrangles
  • Create from vertices
• Vector
  • Create with dx, dy, dz
  • Create with two vertices
• Cylinders and Pipes Construction
  • Cylinder
  • Cylinders
  • Pipe
  • Pipes
• Create cartesian grids
  • Simple cartesian grid
  • Uniform cartesian grid
  • Custom cartesian grid
• Create Hemispherical Grid
  • Simple Sphere and Simple Rind
  • Uniform Sphere
  • Custom Sphere
  • Uniform Rind
  • Custom Rind
  • Simple Concentric (Spherical)
  • Uniform Concentric (Spherical)
  • Custom Concentric (Spherical)
• Remove hexahedra
• Cut hexahedra
  • Uniform Cut
  • Custom Cut
• Extrude and join quadrangles
  • Extrude Quadrangles
  • Join Quadrangles
• Quad revolution
  • Uniform Quad Revolution
  • Custom Quad Revolution
• Replace hexahedron
• Merge elements
  • Merge two quadrangles
  • Merge two edges
  • Merge two vertices
• Disconnect elements
  • Disconnect a quadrangle
  • Disconnect edges
  • Disconnect an edge
  • Disconnect a vertex
• Make elements by transforming elements
  • Make elements by translation
  • Make elements by scaling
  • Make elements by rotation
• Make elements by symmetry
  • Make elements by point symmetry
  • Make elements by line symmetry
  • Make elements by plane symmetry
• Modify elements by transforming elements
  • Modify elements by translation
  • Modify elements by scaling
  • Modify elements by rotation
• Modify elements by symmetry
  • Modify elements by point symmetry
  • Modify elements by line symmetry
  • Modify elements by plane symmetry
• Associations
  • Show associations
  • Remove all associations
  • Remove an element’s association(s)
• Add a geometry to a document
• Associate the model of blocks to the geometry
  • Vertex Association
  • Edge(s) Association
  • Quadrangle Association
• GUI: Definition of point of the geometry
  • By coordinates
  • By a reference
  • By an Edge and a Parameter
  • By an Edge and a Length
  • By an Edge and Coordinates
  • By intersection of two Lines or Wires
  • By a face and two parameters
  • By a face and coordinates
• Manage groups on the model
  • Add group
  • Remove group
• Manage discretization laws
  • Add law
  • Remove law
• Discretize on the propagation edges
• Generate the mesh