3 \page double_nodes_page Duplicating Nodes
5 \n This operation allows to duplicate nodes of your mesh.
7 <em>To duplicate nodes:</em>
9 <li>From the \b Modification menu choose \b Transformation -> \b Duplicate
10 \b Nodes item or click <em>"Duplicate Nodes"</em> button in the toolbar.
12 \image html duplicate_nodes.png "Duplicate Nodes button"
14 <li>Check in the dialog box one of two radio buttons corresponding to
15 the type of nodes duplication operation you would like to perform.</li>
16 <li>Fill the other fields available in the dialog box (depends on the chosen
18 <li>Click the \b Apply or <b>Apply and Close</b> button to perform the operation of nodes
22 \n "Duplicate Nodes" dialog has two working modes:
24 <li>\ref mode_without_elem_anchor "Without the duplication of border elements"</li>
25 <li>\ref mode_with_elem_anchor "With the duplication of border elements"</li>
29 \anchor mode_without_elem_anchor
30 <h2>Without duplication of border elements</h2>
32 In this mode the dialog looks like:
34 \image html duplicate01.png
36 Parameters to be defined in this mode:
38 <li><b>Group of nodes to duplicate</b> (<em>mandatory</em>): these nodes will be duplicated.</li>
39 <li><b>Group of elements to replace nodes with new ones</b> (<em>optional</em>): the duplicated nodes
40 will be associated with these elements.</li>
41 <li><b>Construct group with newly created nodes</b> option (<em>checked by default</em>):
42 if checked - the group with just created nodes will be builded.</li>
46 \anchor mode_with_elem_anchor
47 <h2>With duplication of border elements</h2>
49 In this mode the dialog looks like:
51 \image html duplicate02.png
53 Parameters to be defined in this mode:
55 <li><b>Group of elements to duplicate</b> (<em>mandatory</em>): these elements will be duplicated.</li>
56 <li><b>Group of nodes at not to duplicate</b> (<em>optional</em>): group of nodes at crack bottom
57 which will not be duplicated.</li>
58 <li><b>Group of elements to replace nodes with new ones</b> (<em>mandatory</em>): the duplicated nodes
59 will be associated with these elements.</li>
60 <li><b>Construct group with newly created elements</b> option (<em>checked by default</em>):
61 if checked - the group with just created elements will be builded.</li>
65 <br><b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of a \ref tui_duplicate_nodes "Duplicate nodes" operation.