Use the Node Edit panel to associate nodes to a point, line, or surface/solid face;
move nodes along a surface; place a node at a point on a surface; remap a list of nodes to a
line; or project nodes to an imaginary line passing through two nodes.
Location: Geom page
Settings are preserved if you switch between subpanels, but selections of nodes,
surfaces, and so on are not.
Remap Subpanel
Use the Remap subpanel to remap a series of nodes to a selected line list. Figure 1. Selected Nodes Mapped to the Surface Edge. Selected nodes become evenly distributed across the surface edge.
Option
Action
node list
Select the series of
nodes that you wish to remap.
line list
Select the line(s) to
which you wish the node list to relocate.
Align Node Subpanel
Use the Align Node subpanel to snap one or more nodes to an imaginary line connecting
two other selected nodes. Any number of nodes may be aligned once a line is
defined. Figure 2. Align Nodes. The first image shows the two selected nodes that define an infinite line.
The second image shows that any nodes selected will be projected to that
line.
Option
Action
1st end: node
Select a node that
defines one end of the imaginary line.
2nd end: node
Select a node that
defines the other end of the imaginary line.
Once both nodes
are selected, you are prompted to pick the nodes that you
wish to align.
nodes/node
Choose whether to
select one or more nodes.
When set to nodes, click
align after you are finished
selecting nodes.
use ratio
Specify a ratio to
align nodes.
Note: Available when aligning one node at a
time.
Command Buttons
Option
Action
associate
Associate the selected
nodes with the selected geometric entity.
reject
Undo the most recent
node edit.
move+
Move the nodes in the
direction specified by the specified step size.
move-
Move the nodes
opposite to the direction specified by the specified step
size.
remap
Relocate nodes to a
selected line list.
return
Exit the panel,
finalizing any edits made (you cannot reject an edit after
leaving the panel, even if you return later.)
