Basic User Interface > Selection

 

Selection

Press one of the selection tool buttons in order to select objects including curves, primitive surfaces, nodes, elements, or meshes. Selected objects are always highlighted in blue color. Selected objects are usually applied for next processing. Accordingly, some of the processings are activated depending on the state of the selected objects. They are summarized in the following table. Selected object

< Object selection and related processings >

Selected object
Related processings
Node
get node information, show node number, drag node, assign boundary conditions, assign load(nodal)
Element
get element information, show element number, assign element properties, assign load(uniform, mid point, trapeziform, body)
Curve

get curve information, show curve number, reshape, delete, copy, project, intersect, link, separate, fillet, duplicate, assign boundary conditions, assign oad(uniform,mid point, trapeziform), divide, generate mesh (auto mesh, auto mesh on primitive, 2 edges, 3 edges, 4 edges, 12 edges, extrude to curve, sweep, revolve, twist)

Surface mesh

get surface primitive information, show surface primitive number, delete, copy, intersect, generate mesh (auto mesh on primitive)

Surface pimitive

get surface mesh information, show surface mesh number, delete, copy, project, duplicate, hide, move, assign boundary conditions, assign element properties, assign load (uniform, hydrostatic, body), contour on selected object, generate mesh (extrude to surface primitive, extrude to mesh, sweep, revolve, twist)

Volume mesh

get volume mesh information, show volume mesh number, delete, copy, duplicate, assign element properties, assign load(body), hide, expand, move, rotate