Mirror Elements
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Move or copy elements symmetrically with respect to a particular Mirroring Plane. | ||
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From the Main Menu select Model > Elements > Mirror.
Select Geometry > Elements > Mirror in the Menu tab of the Tree Menu.
Click Mirror Elements in the Icon Menu.
Shortcut key: [Alt]+6 | ||
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Reflection : Assign the mirroring plane.
y-z plane: Mirroring plane is parallel to the y-z plane.
x: x coordinate of the mirroring plane
x-y plane: Mirroring plane is parallel to the x-y plane.
z: z coordinate of the mirroring plane
z-x plane: Mirroring plane is parallel to the z-x plane.
y: y coordinate of the mirroring plane
Plane defined by 3 pts.: Mirroring plane is an arbitrary plane.
x1, y1, z1: x, y, z coordinates of the 1st point defining the mirroring plane
x2, y2, z2: x, y, z coordinates of the 2nd point defining the mirroring plane
x3, y3, z3: x, y, z coordinates of the last point defining the mirroring plane
The coordinates of the three points may be directly typed in on the keyboard. Alternatively, click the relevant entry field and the desired point in the working window to enter the x, y, z coordinates.
Material Increment: An increment for material property numbers while copying elements
Section Increment: An increment for section numbers while copying elements
Thickness Increment: An increment for thickness numbers while copying elements
Intersect
If Intersect Node is selected, and existing nodes are on the created line elements, the elements are divided at the existing nodes.
If Intersect Element is selected, and the created line elements intersect with existing line elements, nodes are automatically created and the elements are divided at the intersections.
Copy Node
Attributes
Copy Element
Attributes
Mirror Beta
Angle
Reverse Element Local While copying or moving elements by mirroring, select whether to mirror the ECS to be symmetrical about the reflecting plane.
For Line Element, Beta Angle remains unchanged and only nodes i, j (Local Direction) are changed.
For Planar Element, the node entry sequence is reversed during the generation of elements.
For Solid Element, the node entry sequence is reversed during the generation of elements.
Specify a merging tolerance to merge newly created nodes and existing nodes.
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