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105 <h1>Removing nodes and elements</h1>
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107 <p>In MESH you can remove nodes and all types of cells of your mesh. </p>
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111 <ul type="disc" class="whs1">
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113 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><a
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114 href="#remove_a_node"
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115 style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Nodes</a>
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116 </B></span></p></li>
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118 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><a
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119 href="#remove_an_element"
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120 style="font-weight: bold;">Elements</a></p></li>
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125 <p class=TODO><a name=remove_a_node>To remove a node:</a></p>
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128 style="margin-left: 40px;"> </p>
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130 <p class="whs3">1. Select your mesh in the Object Browser
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131 or in the 3D viewer.</p>
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133 <p class="whs3"> </p>
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135 <p class="whs3">2. From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification
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136 </B></span>menu choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove </B></span>and
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137 from the associated submenu select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove
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138 nodes</B></span>, or just click <img src="../image88.gif" width="27px" height="25px" border="0" class="img_whs4"> icon in the toolbar. The
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139 following dialog box will appear:</p>
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143 <p class="whs3"><img src="../pics/removenodes.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="332px" height="231px" border="0" class="img_whs5"></p>
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145 <p class="whs3"> </p>
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147 <p class="whs3">In this dialog box you can specify one or
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148 several nodes (with pressed Shift button) by choosing them in the 3D viewer.</p>
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150 <p class="whs3"> </p>
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152 <p class="whs3">3. Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK
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153 </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply </B></span> to
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154 confirm deletion of the specified nodes.</p>
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156 <p class="whs3"> </p>
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158 <p class="whs6"><img src="../note1.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="36px" height="38px" border="0" class="img_whs7">Be careful while removing
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159 nodes because if you remove a definite node of your mesh all adjacent
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160 elements will be also deleted.</p>
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162 <p class="whs3"> </p>
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175 <p class="whs6"> </p>
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179 <p class=TODO><a name=remove_an_element>To remove an element:</a></p>
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182 style="margin-left: 40px;"> </p>
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184 <p class="whs3">1. Select your mesh in the Object Browser
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185 or in the 3D viewer.</p>
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187 <p class="whs3"> </p>
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189 <p class="whs3">2. From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification
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190 </B></span>menu choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove </B></span>and
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191 from the associated submenu select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove
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192 elements</B></span>, or just click <img src="../image88.gif" width="27px" height="25px" border="0" class="img_whs4"> icon in the toolbar. The
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193 following dialog box will appear:</p>
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197 <p class="whs3"><img src="../pics/removeelements.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="332px" height="231px" border="0" class="img_whs5"></p>
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199 <p class="whs3"> </p>
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201 <p class="whs3">In this dialog box you can specify one or
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202 several elements of your mesh (with pressed Shift button) by choosing
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203 them in the 3D viewer.</p>
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205 <p class="whs3"> </p>
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207 <p class="whs3">3. Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK
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208 </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply </B></span> to
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209 confirm deletion of the specified elements.</p>
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224 <p class="whs6"> </p>
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228 <p> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See
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229 Also</B></span> a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../modifying_meshes.htm#bookmark1">Removing
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230 Nodes and Elements</a> operation. </p>
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