3 \page double_nodes_page Duplicate Nodes
5 \n This operation allows to duplicate nodes of your mesh.
6 Duplication consists in replacement of an existing mesh element by another one.
7 Lower level elements of the duplicated ones are cloned
10 <em>To duplicate nodes:</em>
12 <li>From the \b Modification menu choose \b Transformation -> \b Duplicate
13 \b Nodes item or click <em>"Duplicate Nodes"</em> button in the toolbar.
15 \image html duplicate_nodes.png "Duplicate Nodes button"
17 <li>Check in the dialog box one of two radio buttons corresponding to
18 the type of nodes duplication operation you would like to perform.</li>
19 <li>Fill the other fields available in the dialog box (depends on the chosen
21 <li>Click the \b Apply or <b>Apply and Close</b> button to perform the operation of nodes
25 \n "Duplicate Nodes" dialog has two working modes:
27 <li>\ref mode_without_elem_anchor "Without the duplication of border elements"</li>
28 <li>\ref mode_with_elem_anchor "With the duplication of border elements"</li>
32 \anchor mode_without_elem_anchor
33 <h2>Without duplication of border elements</h2>
35 In this mode the dialog looks like:
37 \image html duplicate01.png
39 Parameters to be defined in this mode:
41 <li><b>Group of nodes to duplicate</b> (<em>mandatory</em>): these nodes will be duplicated.</li>
42 <li><b>Group of elements to replace nodes with new ones</b> (<em>optional</em>): the duplicated nodes
43 will be associated with these elements.</li>
44 <li><b>Construct group with newly created nodes</b> option (<em>checked by default</em>):
45 if checked - the group with just created nodes will be built.</li>
49 \anchor mode_with_elem_anchor
50 <h2>With duplication of border elements</h2>
52 In this mode the dialog looks like:
54 \image html duplicate02.png
56 Parameters to be defined in this mode:
58 <li><b>Group of elements to duplicate</b> (<em>mandatory</em>): these elements will be duplicated.</li>
59 <li><b>Group of nodes at not to duplicate</b> (<em>optional</em>): group of nodes at crack bottom
60 which will not be duplicated.</li>
61 <li><b>Group of elements to replace nodes with new ones</b> (<em>mandatory</em>): the duplicated nodes
62 will be associated with these elements.</li>
63 <li><b>Construct group with newly created elements</b> option (<em>checked by default</em>):
64 if checked - the group with just created elements will be built.</li>
68 <br><b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of a \ref tui_duplicate_nodes "Duplicate nodes" operation.