3 \page changing_orientation_of_elements_page Changing orientation of elements
5 \n Orientation of an element is changed by changing the order of its nodes.
7 <em>To change orientation of elements:</em>
9 <li>Select a mesh (and display it in the 3D Viewer if you are going to pick elements by mouse).</li>
10 <li>In the \b Modification menu select the \b Orientation item or click
11 <em>Orientation</em> button in the toolbar.
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15 <em>"Orientation" button</em>
18 The following dialog box will appear:
21 \image html orientaation1.png
24 <li>Select type of elements to reorient: \b Face or \b Volume.</li>
25 <li><b>The main list</b> shall contain the elements which will be
26 reoriented. You can click on an element in the 3D viewer and it will
27 be highlighted. After that click the \b Add button and the ID of this
28 element will be added to the list. To remove a selected element or
29 elements from the list click the \b Remove button. The \b Sort button
30 allows to sort the list of elements IDs. The <b>Set filter</b> button
31 allows to apply a definite \ref filtering_elements "filter" to the
32 selection of elements.</li>
33 <li><b>Apply to all</b> radio button allows to modify the orientation
34 of all elements of the selected mesh.</li>
35 <li><b>Select from</b> set of fields allows to choose a sub-mesh or an
36 existing group whose elements can be added to the list.</li>
40 <li>Click the \b Apply or <b>Apply and Close</b> button to confirm the operation.</li>
43 <br><b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of a
44 \ref tui_orientation "Change Orientation" operation.