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About SALOME HexaBlock plug-in
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SALOME HexaBlock plug-in implements meshing of the CAD models created with
the SALOME HexaBlock module.

SALOME HexaBlock plug-in is integrated into SALOME platform via the SALOME Mesh
module.

For more information please visit the SALOME platform web site:

  <https://www.salome-platform.org/>

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License
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SALOME platform is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
See COPYING file for more details.

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Installation
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Pre-requisites
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SALOME platform relies on a set of third-party softwares; some of them are needed
at build time only, while other ones are needed in runtime also.

For more information about the pre-requisites please visit SALOME platform web
site:

* Check Release Notes and Software Requirements of the latest SALOME release at

  <https://www.salome-platform.org/?page_id=15/>

Note: SALOME HexaBlock plug-in needs SALOME KERNEL, SALOME GUI, SALOME Geometry, 
SALOME Mesh and SALOME HexaBlock as pre-requisites.

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Basic Installation
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The build procedure of the SALOME platform is implemented with CMake.
In order to build the plug-in you have to do the following actions: 

1. Set up environment for pre-requisites (see "Pre-requisites" section above).

2. Create a build directory:

   % mkdir HEXABLOCKPLUGIN_BUILD

3. Configure the build procedure:

   % cd HEXABLOCKPLUGIN_BUILD
   % cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<mode> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<installation_directory> <path_to_src_dir>

   where
   - <mode> is either Release or Debug (default: Release);
   - <installation_directory> is a destination folder to install SALOME HexaBlock
     plug-in (default: /usr); 
   - <path_to_src_dir> is a path to the SALOME HexaBlock plug-in sources directory.

   Note: by default (if CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX option is not given), SALOME HexaBlock
   plug-in will be configured for installation to the /usr directory that requires
   root permissions to complete the installation.

4. Build and install:

   % make
   % make install

   This will install SALOME HexaBlock plug-in to the <installation_directory>
   specified to cmake command on the previous step.

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Custom installation
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SALOME HexaBlock plug-in supports a set of advanced configuration options;
for more details learn CMakeLists.txt file in the root source directory.

You can also use other options of cmake command to customize your installation.
Learn more about available options by typing

   % cmake --help

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Documentation
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The directory doc contains additional documentation file of SALOME HexaBlock plug-in.

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Troubleshooting
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Please, send a mail to [email protected].