Edit Midmesh Topology
Use the Midmesh: Edit Topology tool to edit midmesh topology.
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From the Mesh ribbon, click the Midmesh > Edit Topology tool.
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Edit topology.
To edit topology by Do this Suppress edges - Set the Source selector to Lines, then select shared edges in the midmesh.
- Optional: Use the Toggle imprint suppress button in the microdialog to switch from the imprint to suppress option.
- Click Suppress.
Imprint lines onto elements - Set the Source selector to Lines, then select CAD lines to imprint.
- Optional: Use the Toggle imprint suppress button in the microdialog to switch from the imprint to suppress option.
- Optional: Using the Target selector, select target elements.
- In the microdialog, select one of the
following options:
- Cycle target selections (
)
- Imprint normal to target (
)
- Imprint tangential to target (
)
- Imprint shortest distance to target (
)
- Cycle target selections (
- Optional: On the guide bar, click
and select Align after topology edit to align edges using guide lines after imprint.
- Click Imprint.
Create new edge Split topology to create a new edge in the following ways: - Create a new edge between two nodes.
- Set the Source selector to Nodes.
- Optional: On the guide bar, click
and select Align after topology edit to align edges using guide lines after splitting.
- Optional: On the guide bar, check Retain last node to retain the last node of the previous split.
- Select two nodes.
- Create a new edge between a node and an edge.
- Set the Source selector to Nodes.
- Optional: On the guide bar, click
and select Align after topology edit to align edges using guide lines after splitting.
- Select a node and an edge.
- In the microdialog, select
whether to use a shortest (
), source node to imprinted node (
), tangential (
), or mixed (
) path.
- Click Split.
- Create a new edge on an FE edge
- Set the Source selector to FE Edges.
- Optional: On the guide bar, click
and select Align after topology edit to align edges using guide lines after splitting.
- Click splitedges.