Groups - find and sync

Altair Forum User

Hi,

I'm using Hypermesh for preprocessing my abaqus models.

I have very huge models with hundreds of contacts. I need a possibility to find groups by clicking the associated elements in the model window. For structural elements, I can use the arrow selector and by clicking an element, the associated group is highlighted in the model tree...this doesn't work for groups...

 

I have another problem with the groups..when I delete a component, the groups are not synchronized...there are still groups with 'surface identifiers' for elements that are no more existing!!! That's really annoying.

 

Please help me!!!!

 

Best regards,

Frank

Rahul_P1

Frank,

 

For the first case go to tool > find > find attached > toggle the top switch to groups > bottom to elements > select the elements > attached groups are identified > save found > retrieve in any other panel you want by going to extended entity selector (the yellow entity button , elements for example) and then clicking on retrieve. 

 

For the second question, when you are in the delete panel > change the entity to groups > you can preview unused or preview empty > this will identify unused / empty groups > which you can then delete.