In MESH you can create a group of elements of a certain type. The main way to create a group, is to
select in the **Mesh** menu **Create Group** item (also available in the context menu of the mesh).
-To create a group you should define the following:
+To create a group you should define the following:
-* **Mesh** - the mesh whose elements will form your group. You can select your mesh in the Objet Browser or in the 3D viewer.
+* **Mesh** - the mesh whose elements will form your group. You can select your mesh in the Object Browser or in the 3D viewer.
* **Elements Type** - set of radio buttons allows to select the type of elements which will form your group:
* **Nodes**
* **0D Element**
the following ways:
* By adding all entities of the chosen type existing in the mesh. For this, turn on the **Select All** check-box. In this mode all controls, which allow selecting the entities, are disabled.
-* By choosing entities manually with the mouse in the 3D Viewer. For this, turn on the **Enable manual edition** check box. You can click on an element in the 3D viewer and it will be highlighted. After that click the **Add** button and the ID of this element will be added to the list. The **Set filter** button allows to define the filter for selection of the elements for your group. See more about filters on the :ref:`selection_filter_library_page` page.
+* By choosing entities manually with the mouse in the 3D Viewer. For this, turn on the **Enable manual edition** check box. You can click on an element in the 3D viewer and it will be highlighted. After that click the **Add** button and the ID of this element will be added to the list. The **Set filter** button allows to define the filter for selection of the elements for your group. See more about filters on the :ref:`selection_filter_library_page` page.
* By adding entities from either a sub-mesh or another group. For this, turn on the **Enable manual edition** check box. **Select from** fields group allows to select a sub-mesh or a group of the appropriate type and to **Add** their elements to the group.
In the **manual edition** mode you can
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Brown cells belong to a group defined manually
-**See Also** a sample TUI Script of a :ref:`tui_create_standalone_group` operation.
+**See Also** a sample TUI Script of a :ref:`tui_create_standalone_group` operation.
.. _group_on_geom:
* *Direct geometry selection* to select a shape in the Object Browser or in the Viewer;
* *Find geometry by mesh element selection* to activate a dialog which retrieves a shape by the selected element generated on this shape.
-.. note::
+.. note::
This choice is available only if the mesh elements are already generated.
.. image:: ../images/a-creategroup.png
"Group on Filter"
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-To create a group on filter check **Group on filter** in the **Group type** field.
-The group on filter contains the elements of a certain type satisfying the defined filter.
+To create a group on filter check **Group on filter** in the **Group type** field.
+The group on filter contains the elements of a certain type satisfying the defined filter.
Group contents are dynamically updated if the mesh is modified.
-To define a group, click the **Set filter** button and define criteria of the filter in the opened dialog. After the operation is confirmed, a new group of mesh elements will be created. See more about filters on the :ref:`selection_filter_library_page` page.
+To define a group, click the **Set filter** button and define criteria of the filter in the opened dialog. After the operation is confirmed, a new group of mesh elements will be created. See more about filters on the :ref:`selection_filter_library_page` page.
.. image:: ../images/creategroup_on_filter.png
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