Mesh Tools: Detach Elements

Description

Detaches selected elements from the rest of the mesh, and optionally connects links or beams between the nodes of the detached elements.

Dialog

Connection

Entity to insert between nodes of detached elements.

• None

  No entity is inserted.

• Master-Slave Link

  Inserts a master-slave link between each pair of corresponding detached nodes.

• Beam

  Inserts a beam element between each pair of corresponding detached nodes.

Fix

Active components and coordinate system for inserted master-slave links.

See Link Attributes: Master-Slave Type.

Beam Property Type

Beam property type assigned to inserted beam elements.

See Beam Attributes: Property Type.

Group

• Element group

  If set, inserted elements or links inherit the source element group.

• Specified group

  If set, inserted elements or links are added to the specified target group.

Detect corners (plates and bricks)

If set, triangular elements that have only a single corner connected to the plate edge or brick face to be detached (e.g., Node 5 of Plate A in the following image) will be included for detachment.

If not set, such corners will remain connected to their original nodes after the detachment of adjacent plate edges or brick faces (as illustrated in the following image).

Common Controls

• Keep Selection

See Also

• Clean Tools: Mesh