Using the mesh editing tools

You can access the tools from the main menu bar by selecting MeshEdit. Abaqus/CAE displays the Edit Mesh dialog box. You can also display the Edit Mesh dialog box using the tool, located at the bottom of the Mesh module toolbox.

Node editing tools

The following tools are available for editing nodes:

• Create node. For more information, see Creating a node.

• Edit node. For more information, see Editing the position of selected nodes.

• Drag node. For more information, see Dragging nodes.

• Project nodes. For more information, see Projecting nodes.

• Delete node. For more information, see Deleting nodes.

• Merge nodes. For more information, see Merging nodes.

• Adjust midside nodes. For more information, see Adjusting the position of midside nodes.

• Smooth external nodes. For more information, see Smoothing external nodes.

• Renumber nodes. For more information, see Renumbering nodes.

Element editing tools

The following tools are available for editing elements:

• Create element. For more information, see Creating an element.

• Delete element. For more information, see Deleting elements.

• Flip normal. For more information, see Reversing the surface normal direction of shell elements.

• Orient stack direction. For more information, see Orienting the stack direction.

• Collapse edge. For more information, see Collapsing an edge of a quadrilateral or triangular element.

• Split edge. For more information, see Splitting an edge of a quadrilateral or triangular element.

• Swap diagonal. For more information, see Swapping the diagonal of a pair of adjacent triangular elements.

• Split. For more information, see Splitting quadrilateral elements.

• Combine. For more information, see Combining triangular elements.

• Renumber elements. For more information, see Renumbering elements.

Mesh editing tools

The following tools are available for editing the entire mesh:

• Offset solid. For more information, see Generating layers of solid elements offset from an existing mesh.

• Offset shell. For more information, see Generating layers of shell elements offset from an existing mesh.

• Wrap. For more information, see Wrapping a mesh about the Z-axis.

• Collapse. For more information, see Collapsing short edges of a linear orphan mesh.

• Grow. For more information, see Growing short edges of a linear orphan mesh.

• Convert. For more information, see Converting a triangular shell mesh to a solid tetrahedral mesh, and Converting a solid orphan mesh to a shell orphan mesh.

• Merge. For more information, see Merging elements.

• Subdivide. For more information, see Subdividing elements.

• Copy mesh pattern. For more information, see Copying a mesh pattern.

• View and edit mesh-geometry associativity. For more information, see Viewing and editing mesh-geometry associativity.

• Delete mesh-geometry associativity. For more information, see Deleting mesh-geometry associativity.

• Insert cohesive seams. For more information, see Inserting cohesive seams.

Mesh refinement tools

The following tools are available for refining the mesh:

• Set size.

• Remove size.

• Remesh.

For more information, see Refining a planar, triangular mesh.

Undo and redo for mesh edits

You can undo and redo multiple changes that you make using the tools in the Edit Mesh toolset, and control the number of available undo levels. For more information, see Undoing or redoing a change in the Edit Mesh toolset.