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 110 <h1>Removing nodes and elements</h1>\r
 111 \r
 112 <p>In MESH you can remove nodes and all types of cells of your mesh. </p>\r
 113 \r
 114 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 115 \r
 116 <ul type="disc" class="whs1">\r
 117         \r
 118         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><a \r
 119  href="#remove_a_node"\r
 120         style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Nodes</a> \r
 121  </B></span></p></li>\r
 122         \r
 123         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><a \r
 124  href="#remove_an_element"\r
 125         style="font-weight: bold;">Elements</a></p></li>\r
 126 </ul>\r
 127 \r
 128 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 129 \r
 130 <p class=TODO><a name=remove_a_node>To remove a node:</a></p>\r
 131 \r
 132 <p class=TODO\r
 133         style="margin-left: 40px;">&nbsp;</p>\r
 134 \r
 135 <p class="whs3">1. Select your mesh in the Object Browser \r
 136  or in the 3D viewer.</p>\r
 137 \r
 138 <p class="whs3">&nbsp;</p>\r
 139 \r
 140 <p class="whs3">2. From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification \r
 141  </B></span>menu choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove </B></span>and \r
 142  from the associated submenu select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove \r
 143  nodes</B></span>, or just click <img src="../image88.gif" width="27px" height="25px" border="0" class="img_whs4"> icon in the toolbar. The \r
 144  following dialog box will appear:</p>\r
 145 \r
 146 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 147 \r
 148 <p class="whs3"><img src="../pics/removenodes.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="332px" height="231px" border="0" class="img_whs5"></p>\r
 149 \r
 150 <p class="whs3">&nbsp;</p>\r
 151 \r
 152 <p class="whs3">In this dialog box you can specify one or \r
 153  several nodes (with pressed Shift button) by choosing them in the 3D viewer.</p>\r
 154 \r
 155 <p class="whs3">&nbsp;</p>\r
 156 \r
 157 <p class="whs3">3. Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK \r
 158  </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply </B></span>&nbsp;to \r
 159  confirm deletion of the specified nodes.</p>\r
 160 \r
 161 <p class="whs3">&nbsp;</p>\r
 162 \r
 163 <p class="whs6"><img src="../note1.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="36px" height="38px" border="0" class="img_whs7">Be careful while removing \r
 164  nodes because if you remove a definite node of your mesh all adjacent \r
 165  elements will be also deleted.</p>\r
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 179 \r
 180 <p class="whs6">&nbsp;</p>\r
 181 \r
 182 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 183 \r
 184 <p class=TODO><a name=remove_an_element>To remove an element:</a></p>\r
 185 \r
 186 <p class=TODO\r
 187         style="margin-left: 40px;">&nbsp;</p>\r
 188 \r
 189 <p class="whs3">1. Select your mesh in the Object Browser \r
 190  or in the 3D viewer.</p>\r
 191 \r
 192 <p class="whs3">&nbsp;</p>\r
 193 \r
 194 <p class="whs3">2. From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification \r
 195  </B></span>menu choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove </B></span>and \r
 196  from the associated submenu select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Remove \r
 197  elements</B></span>, or just click <img src="../image88.gif" width="27px" height="25px" border="0" class="img_whs4"> icon in the toolbar. The \r
 198  following dialog box will appear:</p>\r
 199 \r
 200 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 201 \r
 202 <p class="whs3"><img src="../pics/removeelements.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="332px" height="231px" border="0" class="img_whs5"></p>\r
 203 \r
 204 <p class="whs3">&nbsp;</p>\r
 205 \r
 206 <p class="whs3">In this dialog box you can specify one or \r
 207  several elements of your mesh (with pressed Shift button) by choosing \r
 208  them in the 3D viewer.</p>\r
 209 \r
 210 <p class="whs3">&nbsp;</p>\r
 211 \r
 212 <p class="whs3">3. Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK \r
 213  </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply </B></span>&nbsp;to \r
 214  confirm deletion of the specified elements.</p>\r
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 228 \r
 229 <p class="whs6">&nbsp;</p>\r
 230 \r
 231 <p>&nbsp;</p>\r
 232 \r
 233 <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See \r
 234  Also</B></span> a sample TUI Script of a <a href="../modifying_meshes.htm#bookmark1">Removing \r
 235  Nodes and Elements</a> operation. &nbsp;</p>\r
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