Entity set, element selection

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi,

I am new to HyperMesh and I am trying to create an 'entity set' containing many elements. So I go to : 'Analysis' -> 'entity sets' ->  'entity: elems' -> 'elem list'. What is the rigth way to select the element list? All I can do is select the elements one by one with the cursor, which is time consuming.

 

Is there a better way to select the elements? Usually, when I need to select elements, there are many ways of doing it: by ID, by plane, window, etc. But for the entity set, I cannot choose a selection method.

 

Thanks

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  • Q.Nguyen-Dai
    Q.Nguyen-Dai Altair Community Member
    edited December 2018

    You have ALOT of different methods to define element sets. Have a look at following screenshot:

     

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>elem_select.thumb.png.19dd862412b7eb5d64f0c957bae4bfc2.png

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited December 2018

    Hi,

    Thanks for the reply! I am familiar with these methods. However, when I click on 'elem list' in the entity set function, this window does not show up! Am i doing something wrong?

     

    Thanks,

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited December 2018

    Alright I found out why I was not getting all the selection methods: The 'set type' option was 'ordered' instead of 'non ordered'.

     

    Regards,

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