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Changing the Element Orientation of a Part

Changing the Element Orientation of a Part

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Changing the Element Orientation of a Part

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1.From the Menu Bar, select Mesh Editing > Part > Sheet.

or

If the Mesh Editing tab is already open, select Part > Sheet from the pull-down menu in the upper-right corner of the tab.

2.Select the Orientation radio button.
3.Click selectPartGeneral-24 and pick a part in the graphic window. When finished, answer the question in the pop-up dialog window with Yes or Cancel.

or

Click selectEntityFromTree-24 to offset the part selected in the tree.

HyperCrash displays the normal of the element with red and green arrows according to the element orientation.

4.Answer the question in the pop-up dialog window with Yes or Cancel.
•If Yes is selected, the orientation is automatically made.
•If Cancel is selected, tools are available to manually modify the element orientation:
5.Click reviewGeneral-24 to view the normal of the elements.
6.Click 10_switchorientation to switch picked orientation of the selected part.
7.Click selectByBoxAdd-24 to select an element with box selection and answer the question in the Dialog menu bar with Yes or Cancel.
•The default box is rectangular.
•Use the SHIFT key to define a polygon box.
8.Click reverseNormals-24 to reverse the orientation of all the elements of the selected part.