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77 <h1>Changing orientation of elements</h1>
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79 <p>Orientation of an element is changed by reverting the order of nodes
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80 of the selected elements.</p>
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84 <p class=TODO>To change orientation of elements:</p>
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88 <p class="whs1">1. Display a mesh or a submesh in the 3D
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91 <p class="whs1"> </p>
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93 <p class="whs1">2. In the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification
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94 </B></span>menu select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Orientation </B></span>item
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95 or click <img src="../image79.gif" width="21px" height="21px" border="0" class="img_whs2"> button in the toolbar. The following dialog box
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100 <p class="whs1"> </p>
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110 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span
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111 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>The main list </B></span><span>shall contain the
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112 elements which will be reoriented.</span> You can click on an element
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113 in the 3D viewer and it will be highlighted. After that click the <span
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114 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Add </B></span>button and the ID of this element
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115 will be added to the list. To remove a selected element or elements from
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116 the list click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove </B></span>button.
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117 The <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Sort </B></span>button allows to sort
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118 the list of elements IDs. The <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Set filter
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119 </B></span>button allows to apply a definite filter to selection of elements
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120 of your group.</p></li>
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122 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span
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123 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply to all </B></span><span>radio button allows
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124 to modify the orientation of all elements of the currently displayed mesh
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125 or submesh.</span></p></li>
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127 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span
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128 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select from </B></span>set of fields allows to
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129 choose a submesh or an existing group whose elements will be automatically
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130 added to the list.</p></li>
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133 <p class="whs1"> </p>
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135 <p class="whs1">3. Click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply
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136 </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK </B></span>button to confirm
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139 <p class="whs1"> </p>
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141 <p> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See
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142 Also</B></span> a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../modifying_meshes.htm#bookmark12">Change
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143 Orientation</a> operation. </p>
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