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Individual Nodes

Individual Nodes

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The Individual nodes option allows you to define the *SURFACE, TYPE = NODE card by specifying individual node IDs.  In the graphic area, these nodes are displayed by special single node elements with a SurfaceNodes tag.

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The Individual nodes option has the following buttons:

Pick Nodes

Opens the Node Selector panel and allows you to pick nodes the graphic area. The selected nodes will be highlighted. The corresponding Reset button resets the selected nodes.

Add

Adds the selected nodes to the current surface and creates special single-node SurfaceNodes elements for display.  The Add button does not check for duplicates and there is no Reject button.