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82 <h1>Creating groups</h1>
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84 <p class="whs1"><img src="../i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs2"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">In
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85 MESH you can create groups of elements of different types and having definite
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86 properties.</span></p>
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88 <p class="whs1"> </p>
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90 <p class=TODO>To create a group of elements:</p>
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92 <p class=TODO> </p>
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94 <p class="whs3">1. In the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Mesh
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95 </B></span><span>menu select </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Create
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96 Group</B></span><span>. The following dialog box will appear:</span></p>
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98 <p class="whs4"> </p>
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100 <p class="whs5"> <img src="../image47.jpg" width="200px" height="374px" border="0" class="img_whs6"></p>
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102 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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104 <p class="whs7">This dialog box contains
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105 the following fields which should be filled:</p>
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107 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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109 <ul type="disc" class="whs8">
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111 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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112 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Mesh: </B></span>the name of the mesh whose elements
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113 will form your group. You can enter the name manually or select your mesh
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114 in the Objet Browser or in the 3D viewer.</p></li>
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116 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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117 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Elements Type </B></span>set of radio buttons allows
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118 to select the type of elements which will form your group:</p></li>
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120 <ul type="disc" class="whs8">
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122 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs9">Nodes</p></li>
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124 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs9">Edges
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127 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs9">Faces</p></li>
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129 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs9">Volumes</p></li>
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132 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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133 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Name </B></span><span>field allows to enter the
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134 name of your new group.</span></p></li>
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136 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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137 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Group type </B></span>set of radio buttons allows
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138 to select the type of your group: </p></li>
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140 <ul type="disc" class="whs8">
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142 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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143 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Standalone group </B></span> consisting
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144 of mesh elements.</p></li>
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146 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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147 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Group on geometry </B></span><span>consisting of
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148 geometrical elements.</span> If you choose this type of group your dialog
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149 box will change and it will look like as follows:</p></li>
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153 <p class="whs7"> </p>
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155 <p class="whs10"><img src="../image48.jpg" width="200px" height="374px" border="0" class="img_whs6"></p>
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157 <p class="whs10"> </p>
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159 <p class="whs10">In this dialog box you should enter the name
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160 of the geometrical object (you can enter the name manually or select your
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161 geometrical object in the Objet Browser or in the 3D viewer) from which
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162 the elements will be taken. And after confirmation of the operation MESH
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163 will create a new group consisting of geometrical elements of the previously
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166 <p class="whs7"> </p>
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168 <ul type="disc" class="whs8">
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170 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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171 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Content </B></span>field<span style="font-weight: bold;">
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172 <B></B></span>allows to manually define the mesh elements which will form your
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173 group. You can click on an element in the 3D viewer and it will be highlighted.
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174 After that click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Add </B></span>button
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175 and the ID of this element will be added to the list. To remove a selected
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176 element or elements from the list click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove
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177 </B></span>button. The <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Sort </B></span>button
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178 allows to sort the list of elements IDs. The <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Set
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179 filter </B></span>button allows to apply a definite filter to selection of
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180 the elements of your group. See more about filters on the <a href="../selection_filter_library.htm">Selection
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181 filter library</a> page</p></li>
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183 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs7"><span
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184 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select from </B></span>set of fields allows to
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185 choose a submesh or an existing group whose elements of the previously
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186 defined type will be added to the list of elements which will form your
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190 <p class="whs7"> </p>
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192 <p class="whs7">2. Click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK
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193 </B></span><span>button to confirm creation of your group or </span><span
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194 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Cancel </B></span><span>to quit this dialog box.</span></p>
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