Context:
Select
from the main menu bar to collapse a selected edge of a triangular or
quadrilateral element. In effect, you are replacing the two nodes at either end
of the element edge with a single node. You can choose between two methods for
positioning the single node:
- direction
-
Choose direction to collapse the element edge in the
specified direction. From the buttons in the prompt area, select
Flip to change the direction in which
Abaqus/CAE
will collapse the element. The following figure shows how the
direction method collapses an element edge along with the
effect of changing the direction:
- average
-
Choose average to collapse the element edge and
readjust the remaining element edges to meet at the midpoint of the collapsed
edge. The following figure shows how the average method
collapses an element edge: