l Select ELEMENT(S), and the SELECT ELEMENTS
dialog window is displayed. See Figure
Figure
l If SELECT BY CURSOR is toggled ON, the user can select elements in the following four ways.
1. Select to select one element by its location
or click the left mouse button and move it over the desired elements to select
more than one element.
2. Select to pick elements on a surface.
3. Select to pick elements inside a window.
4. Select to pick
elements inside a free hand region.
5. Select to pick elements
by spread. The slider above ANGLE can be used to adjust the angle above which
elements will no longer be selected. If the angle formed by the normal vectors
of the selected element and the adjacent element is less than the selected
angle, the adjacent element is selected.
6. Select to pick elements inside a polygon.
Click the left mouse button in a sequence to define the polygon. Click
the right mouse button to reject the last point and the middle mouse button to
complete.
7. Select to pick elements inside a circle.
Click the left mouse button to define the center of the circle. Hold the
mouse button and move the mouse to define the circle. Release the mouse
button to complete.
l If SELECT BY is toggled ON, there are
three ways to select an element. The user may select by part, type, or
range. See Figures
Figure
Figure
1. SELECT BY PART
See Section 4.2 to choose a part. All elements in the
part will be selected when this option is selected. See Figure
2. SELECT BY TYPE
Select a type in the ELEMENT TYPE POP-UP Window.
See Figure
Note:
Refer to the LS-DYNA User's Manual for a description of the nine types of
elements. Deselecting elements and closing the dialog box operations are
similar to those in Section
3. SELECT BY RANGE
Type the element range in the dialog window. All
elements within that range will be selected. See Figure
l Select DISPLAYED, and all elements in the turned on parts will be selected.
l Select DONE after processing each of the above functions. The total number of selected elements will be shown in the window. EXCLUDE and REJECT perform the same functions as in SELECT LINE.
l Select OK to finish the selection of elements and return to the PART ADD menu.