@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Explore a mesh metadata
77:bdg-lsdyna: `LSDYNA ` :bdg-fluent: `Fluent ` :bdg-cfx: `CFX `
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99.. include :: ../../../links_and_refs.rst
10+ .. |PropertyField | replace :: :class: `PropertyField <ansys.dpf.core.property_field.PropertyField> `
11+ .. |StringField | replace :: :class: `StringField <ansys.dpf.core.string_field.StringField> `
1012
1113This tutorial explains how to read a mesh metadata (data about the elements, nodes, faces, region, zone ...)
1214before extracting the mesh from a result file.
@@ -92,13 +94,15 @@ access the analysis results metadata and to instanciate results providers by ope
9294 # Create the Model
9395 model_4 = dpf.Model(data_sources=result_file_path_4)
9496
95- Read the mesh metadata
96- ----------------------
97+ Explore the mesh metadata
98+ -------------------------
9799
98100You can access the mesh metadata with the |MeshInfo | object. It reads the metadata information before extracting
99- the MeshedRegion from the result file.
101+ the | MeshedRegion | from the result file.
100102
101- The mesh metadata information includes :
103+ The mesh metadata information is stored in a |PropertyField | or in a |StringField |. They contain information
104+ that describes the mesh composition and their data is mapped to the entity they are defined at.
105+ The mesh metadata information information can be:
102106
103107- Properties;
104108- Parts;
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ The mesh metadata information includes :
108112- Number of nodes and elements;
109113- Elements types.
110114
111- Get the the mesh metadata information and print the available ones .
115+ You can access which metadata information is available for a given result file .
112116
113117.. tab-set ::
114118
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ Get the the mesh metadata information and print the available ones.
142146 # Print the mesh metadata information
143147 print(mesh_info_4)
144148
145- You can extract each of those mesh information by manipulating the |MeshInfo | object properties.
149+ You can also extract each of those mesh metadata information by manipulating the |MeshInfo | object properties.
146150
147151For example, we can check the part names (for the LSDYNA result file) or the cell zone names
148152(for the Fluent or CFX result files):
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