Context:
Select
from the main menu bar to swap the diagonal of a pair of adjacent triangular
elements, as shown in the following figure:
The adjacent triangular elements must have consistent normals. If
necessary, you can use the
Edit Mesh toolset
to flip the normals; for more information, see
Reversing the surface normal direction of shell elements.
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Enter the
Mesh module
and do one of the following:
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From the Object field in the context bar,
select Assembly.
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From the Object field in the context bar,
select Part and select a part from the list.
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From the main menu bar, select
.
Abaqus/CAE
displays the Edit Mesh dialog box.
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In the dialog box, do the following:
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In the Category field, select
Element.
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From the Method list, select Swap
diagonal (tri).
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Select the edge of the adjacent triangular elements to swap. You can
select only a single edge.
Abaqus/CAE
highlights the selected edge and prompts you to confirm that you want to swap
the selected edge.
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Click Yes to swap the element edge.
Abaqus/CAE
prompts you to select the next element edge to swap.
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When you have finished swapping diagonals, click mouse button 2 or the
cancel button
in the prompt area to exit the procedure.