Collapse element edges to midpoint while using cleanup tool.

Bharath Ram
Bharath Ram Altair Community Member
edited April 2022 in Community Q&A

Hi. While using cleanup tool, by default the element edge gets collapsed to any one node of the edge if the elements are failing minimum length or aspect ratio.

Query:

Is there a way I can change this setting so that the element edge collapses to midpoint? I can do it manually (using collapse to midpoint option) but if I can change the setting in cleanup operation it would have been so helpful.

Thanks

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  • AlessioLibrandi
    AlessioLibrandi
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2022

    Hello,

     

    starting from today, you can Update Simlab to v 2022. In this version what you ask is possible.

     

    New behavior of the feature is:

     

    Modify > By Element > Collapse Edge

    * Added a toggle “Using cursor hover” to collapse the element edge at the cursor location and without selecting any entities. o To collapse the element edge to a corner node: hover the cursor over the corner node and element edge that need to be collapsed, then click.

    * To collapse the element edge to the element edge mid position: hover the cursor over the element edge that need to be collapsed and click

     

    Thanks, Alessio

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