This function allows the user to coarsen two or four QUAD elements into one QUAD element, two TRIA elements into one QUAD element, or a QUAD/TRIA combination into one QUAD element.
The user selects an element by using the options in the SELECT ELEMENT dialog box. Once the element is selected, a larger element will be created.
• Select two adjacent plate elements, and select OK in the SELECT ELEMENT dialog box, or click the middle mouse button. If 4 adjoined QUAD elements are selected, the program will combine them into one quad element.
• Repeat the previous step in order to coarsen more elements.
• Select DONE in the SELECT ELEMENT dialog box. Each of the selected pairs above will be combined into one element.