Select Mesh→Edit→Elements… to open the Elements form
To get a good understanding of how to correctly work with the Elements Form, please see this tutorial: For a better understanding of working with these fields, see this tutorial: Define a 3D element
Import/Export
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Click this button to open the Continuity Table Manager to import elements data from a file. After importing, you can manually modify the data before submitting it.
Create Label
- This button can be used to assign a label to identify a desired set of elements.
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Enter a label for the New Label textfield
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Specifiy a list of elements for the Element Range textfield.
- The label of the element shows up in the field on the right of each row in the elements list.
The Insert/Delete buttons
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New elements may be added existing elements may be deleted and by using the + and – buttons on the left of each row in the elements list.
Global Node Numbers
- This is where to indicate the nodes that are to be associated with this element.