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Click Duplicate Nodes
in the Mesh Analysis Tools toolbar.
The Duplicate Nodes dialog box appears.
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Clearance: lets you define the clearance
from which you decide that a node is considered as duplicate. In
other words, the clearance value lets you define the coincidence
condition.
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The clearance maximum value must be
lower than the minimum edge length.
If it is not the case, a warning message appears:
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Nodes: gives you
the number of duplicate nodes.
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Global: gives you the total number of
duplicate nodes (hidden and shown duplicate nodes).
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Shown: gives you the number of
duplicate nodes that are shown (if a duplicate node belongs
to a hidden mesh part, this node is not taken into account).
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Subsets: gives you
the number of subsets containing duplicated nodes.
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Global: gives you the total number of
subsets (hidden and shown sets).
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Shown: gives you the number of subsets
that are shown (if a set is hidden, this subset is not taken into
account).
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Browse: lets you auto-focus and show
information on the visible duplicate subsets.
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Auto focus: lets you localize easily
visible duplicate nodes by focus on them.
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Current: gives you the
number of detected duplicate nodes and lets you visualize a particular
duplicate node either by entering a number or by clicking the browse buttons.
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Show information: lets you display
information about visible duplicate subsets.
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Select duplicate entity
: lets
you display information about a duplicate node.
If you click this button, the Duplicate Node dialog box appears.
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This button is available only if at least one
duplicate node has been found. |
- Nodes: gives you the identifiers of the
selected node.
- Location: gives you the node coordinates.
- Mesh Parts: gives you the name of linked mesh
part.
Then you have to select a duplicate node to
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Generate Report
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lets you export duplicated node data including centroid and mesh
part names in a .html file.
If you click this button, the Report Generation dialog box appears.
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This button is available only if at least one
duplicate node has been found. |
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Enter a Clearance value.
In this particular example, enter 0mm as
Clearance value. |
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Click Apply.
The Duplicate Nodes dialog box is updated:
The duplicate nodes are red-highlighted and the
linked elements are highlighted in light blue:
You can hide one of the solid mesh part for a better visualization.
In the following example, the Tetrahedron Filler Mesh.1 mesh part is
hidden:
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Click Select duplicate nodes
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Select a duplicate node.
The Duplicate Node dialog box is automatically
updated with the following information:
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Click OK.
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Click Generate Report
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Choose the directory and the title of the report file.
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Click OK.
The .html report is automatically displayed:
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Click Close in the Duplicate Nodes dialog
box.
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