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.

File:Tool SelectVertices.GIF Select Mesh Nodes

Right-clicking on a mesh node while using the Select Mesh Nodes will bring up the following menu options:

• 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

Right-clicking on a selected nodestring while using the Select Nodestring tool will bring up the following options:

• 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.gif Select Elements

Right-clicking on a selected element while using the Select Elements tool will bring up the following options:

• 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