Orientation of mesh lines

Orientation of mesh line

If a mesh line with nodes distributed in a geometric progression is used, it is possible to reverse the orientation of the geometric progression on the line, if the strong density of nodes is not correctly placed.

Orient mesh line

To orient the mesh line of geometric type:

Step Action
1 Activate the Structure mesh > Orient mesh line for lines command (see next block)
The dialog box Orient mesh line … is open.
The lines are displayed with arrows that indicate the direction of the geometric progression.

2

Fill out the dialog box:

  • click on the line in the graphic zone
  • click on OK
The orientation of the geometric progression on the line is reversed.

Activate the command

To activate the Orient mesh line for lines command, which requires data selection, choose one of the methods presented in the figure below: