SMS:2D Mesh Module Tools Right-Click Menus

The following tools are contained in the Dynamic Tools portion of the tool palette when the Mesh Module is active. These are tools with corresponding right-click menus.

Tool	Tool Name	Right-Click Menu
File:Select node icon.bmp	Select Mesh Nodes	Delete – Delete selected mesh Nodes. Assign BC – Assign a boundary condition to selected mesh nodes. Transform – Transform the selected nodes either by scaling, translation, or rotation. Triangulate – Triangulate the selected nodes to form triangle elements.
File:SelectMeshNodestring.bmp	Select Nodestrings	Delete Selected – Delete selected nodestrings. Assign BC – Assign a boundary condition to selected nodestrings. Reverse Direction – Reverse direction of selected nodestrings. Force Breaklines – Force element edges to follow the selected nodestrings. Renumber Nodes – Renumber the nodes starting with an ID of 1. Renumber Nodestrings – renumber the nodestrings starting with an ID of 1. Smooth – Smooth the mesh boundary along the path of a selected nodestring by moving midside nodes. Only used for quadratic elements.
File:SelectMeshElement icon.bmp	Select Elements	Delete – Delete selected element. Refine – Split all selected elements into four elements. Relax – Moves all the nodes on the interior of the selected elements to the centroid of their contributing area. Iterates based on option set in the options command. Assign Material Type – Assign material type to selected elements.

Related Topics

• Editing 2D Meshes
• Mesh Module