3 \page cutting_quadrangles_page Cutting quadrangles
5 \n This operation allows to cut one or several quadrangle elements by
6 addition of a supplementary edge which will connect two opposite
9 <em>To cut quadrangles:</em>
11 <li>Display a mesh or a submesh in the 3D viewer.</li>
12 <li>In the \b Modification menu select the <b>Cutting of quadrangles</b> item or
13 click <em>"Cutting of quadrangles"</em> button in the toolbar.
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16 <center><em>"Cutting of quadrangles" button</em></center>
18 The following dialog box will appear:
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24 <li>The main list contains the list of quadrangles. You can click on
25 an quadrangle in the 3D viewer and it will be highlighted (lock Shift
26 keyboard button to select several quadrangles). Click \b Add button and
27 the ID of this quadrangle will be added to the list. To remove a
28 selected element or elements from the list click \b Remove button. <b>Sort
29 list</b> button allows to sort the list of IDs. \b Filter button allows to
30 apply a definite filter to the selection of quadrangles.</li>
31 <li><b>Apply to all</b> radio button allows to modify the orientation of all
32 quadrangles of the currently displayed mesh or submesh.</li>
33 <li>\b Preview - provides a preview of cutting in the viewer.</li>
39 <li><b>Use diagonal 1-3</b> and <b>Use diagonal 2-4</b> allows to
40 specify the opposite corners which will be connected by the cutting
42 <li><b>Use numeric factor</b> - allows to apply the operation only to
43 those objects which meet the chosen criterion (from the list of
44 Quality Controls, i.e. Skew, Warping, Minimum Angle, etc.)</li>
47 <li><b>Select from</b> - allows to choose a submesh or an existing
48 group whose quadrangle elements will be automatically added to the
53 <li>Click the \b Apply or \b OK button to confirm the operation.</li>
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60 <br><b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of a
61 \ref tui_cutting_quadrangles "Cutting Quadrangles" operation.