Dynaform Change boundary nodes dynamically by dragging mouse

Outlines A new way to adjust the boundary nodes by dragging the mouse was added... Descriptions • After clicking the Re-space BDY Nodes button, the user can mouseover the node number a

A New way to adjust Boundary Nodes

Part Mesh

Date: Dec 11th, 2013

Outlines

A new way to adjust the boundary nodes by dragging the mouse was

added

Descriptions

•  After clicking the Re-space BDY Nodes button, the user can mouseover the node number

and hold the left mouse button to drag the mouse upward or downward, allowing the boundary node number to increase or decrease See the figures below

Press left mouse button and drag the mouse, and the node number is changed

Procedures

Figure 1

1.  Start up Dynaform 5.9.2 and import an IGS file See Figure 1

2.  Go to UserSetup-> Preprocess See Figure 2

3.  Select the Elem tab in the Preprocess window See Figure 3

4.  Click the Surface Mesh button on the Elem tab

Procedures

5.  Select the Part Mesh option and toggle on Modify Boundary Nodes option See Figure 4

6.  Click the Select Surfaces button and click the Displayed surf button in the Select

Surfaces window See Figure 5

7.  Click the Apply button in the Surface Mesh dialog box See Figure 6

8.  Click the Re-space BDY Nodes button in the Mesh Node window See Figure 7

Figure 4

Figure 5

Figure 7

Figure 6

Procedures

9.  Left click the mouse button on the node number, hold the left mouse button and drag the

mouse upward The number will be increased See Figure 8

Press left mouse button and

draw the mouse, the boundary

node number will be changed

Figure 8