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110 <h1>Removing nodes and elements</h1>
112 <p>In MESH you can remove nodes and all types of cells of your mesh. </p>
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118 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><a
119 href="#remove_a_node"
120 style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Nodes</a>
123 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><a
124 href="#remove_an_element"
125 style="font-weight: bold;">Elements</a></p></li>
130 <p class=TODO><a name=remove_a_node>To remove a node:</a></p>
133 style="margin-left: 40px;"> </p>
135 <p class="whs3">1. Select your mesh in the Object Browser
136 or in the 3D viewer.</p>
138 <p class="whs3"> </p>
140 <p class="whs3">2. From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification
141 </B></span>menu choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove </B></span>and
142 from the associated submenu select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove
143 nodes</B></span>, or just click <img src="../image88.gif" width="27px" height="25px" border="0" class="img_whs4"> icon in the toolbar. The
144 following dialog box will appear:</p>
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150 <p class="whs3"> </p>
152 <p class="whs3">In this dialog box you can specify one or
153 several nodes (with pressed Shift button) by choosing them in the 3D viewer.</p>
155 <p class="whs3"> </p>
157 <p class="whs3">3. Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK
158 </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply </B></span> to
159 confirm deletion of the specified nodes.</p>
161 <p class="whs3"> </p>
163 <p class="whs6"><img src="../note1.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="36px" height="38px" border="0" class="img_whs7">Be careful while removing
164 nodes because if you remove a definite node of your mesh all adjacent
165 elements will be also deleted.</p>
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180 <p class="whs6"> </p>
184 <p class=TODO><a name=remove_an_element>To remove an element:</a></p>
187 style="margin-left: 40px;"> </p>
189 <p class="whs3">1. Select your mesh in the Object Browser
190 or in the 3D viewer.</p>
192 <p class="whs3"> </p>
194 <p class="whs3">2. From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification
195 </B></span>menu choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove </B></span>and
196 from the associated submenu select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove
197 elements</B></span>, or just click <img src="../image88.gif" width="27px" height="25px" border="0" class="img_whs4"> icon in the toolbar. The
198 following dialog box will appear:</p>
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204 <p class="whs3"> </p>
206 <p class="whs3">In this dialog box you can specify one or
207 several elements of your mesh (with pressed Shift button) by choosing
208 them in the 3D viewer.</p>
210 <p class="whs3"> </p>
212 <p class="whs3">3. Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK
213 </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply </B></span> to
214 confirm deletion of the specified elements.</p>
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233 <p> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See
234 Also</B></span> a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../modifying_meshes.htm#bookmark1">Removing
235 Nodes and Elements</a> operation. </p>
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