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101 <h1>Removing nodes and elements</h1>
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103 <p>In SMESH you can remove nodes and all types of cells of your mesh. </p>
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107 <p class=TODO>To remove a node:</p>
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110 style="margin-left: 40px;"> </p>
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112 <p class="whs1">1. Select your mesh in the Object Browser
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113 or in the 3D viewer.</p>
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115 <p class="whs1"> </p>
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117 <p class="whs1">2. From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification
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118 </B></span>menu choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove </B></span>and
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119 from the associated submenu select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove
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120 nodes</B></span>, or just click <img src="../image88.gif" width="27px" height="25px" border="0" class="img_whs2"> icon in the toolbar. The
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121 following dialog box will appear:</p>
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125 <p class="whs1"><img src="../pics/removenodes.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="332px" height="231px" border="0" class="img_whs3"></p>
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127 <p class="whs1"> </p>
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129 <p class="whs1">In this dialog box you can specify one or
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130 several nodes (with pressed Shift button) by choosing them in the 3D viewer.</p>
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132 <p class="whs1"> </p>
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134 <p class="whs1">3. Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK
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135 </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply </B></span> to
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136 confirm deletion of the specified nodes.</p>
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138 <p class="whs1"> </p>
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140 <p class="whs4"><img src="../note1.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="36px" height="38px" border="0" class="img_whs5">Be careful while removing
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141 nodes because if you remove a definite node of your mesh all adjacent
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142 elements will be also deleted.</p>
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154 <p><img src="../pics/remove_nodes2.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="252px" height="288px" border="0" class="img_whs13"></td></tr>
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157 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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161 <p class=TODO>To remove an element:</p>
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164 style="margin-left: 40px;"> </p>
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166 <p class="whs1">1. Select your mesh in the Object Browser
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167 or in the 3D viewer.</p>
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169 <p class="whs1"> </p>
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171 <p class="whs1">2. From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification
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172 </B></span>menu choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove </B></span>and
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173 from the associated submenu select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove
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174 elements</B></span>, or just click <img src="../image88.gif" width="27px" height="25px" border="0" class="img_whs2"> icon in the toolbar. The
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175 following dialog box will appear:</p>
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179 <p class="whs1"><img src="../pics/removeelements.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="332px" height="231px" border="0" class="img_whs3"></p>
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181 <p class="whs1"> </p>
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183 <p class="whs1">In this dialog box you can specify one or
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184 several elements of your mesh (with pressed Shift button) by choosing
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185 them in the 3D viewer.</p>
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187 <p class="whs1"> </p>
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189 <p class="whs1">3. Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK
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190 </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply </B></span> to
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191 confirm deletion of the specified elements.</p>
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206 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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210 <p> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See
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211 Also</B></span> a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../modifying_meshes.htm#bookmark1">Removing
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212 Nodes and Elements</a> operation. </p>
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