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4 Changing orientation of elements
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7 Orientation of an element is changed by changing the :doc:`order <connectivity>` of its nodes.
9 *To change orientation of elements:*
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13 #. Select a mesh (and display it in the 3D Viewer if you are going to pick elements by mouse).
14 #. In the **Modification** menu select the **Orientation** item or click *Orientation* button |img| in the toolbar.
16 The following dialog box will appear:
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21 * Select type of elements to reorient: **Face** or **Volume**.
22 * **The main list** shall contain the elements which will be reoriented. You can click on an element in the 3D viewer and it will be highlighted. After that click the **Add** button and the ID of this element will be added to the list. To remove a selected element or elements from the list click the **Remove** button. The **Sort** button allows to sort the list of elements IDs. The **Set filter** button allows to apply a definite :ref:`filter <filtering_elements>` to the selection of elements.
23 * **Apply to all** radio button allows to modify the orientation of all elements of the selected mesh.
24 * *Select from** set of fields allows to choose a sub-mesh or an existing group whose elements can be added to the list.
26 #. Click the **Apply** or **Apply and Close** button to confirm the operation.
28 **See Also** a sample TUI Script of a :ref:`tui_orientation` operation.