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.
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Tool Name
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Right-click Menu
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| File:Select node icon.bmp
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Select Mesh Nodes
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- 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.
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| File:SelectMeshNodestring.bmp
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Select Nodestrings
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- 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.
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| File:SelectMeshElement icon.bmp
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Select Elements
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- 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.
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