Entities

Select Associated Entities

This menu opens the Select Associated Entities dialog based on the selected input entity.

Bodies

Entities

This option is used to display the associated entities for the given input bodies and creates the group for the associated entities.

Create group for each element type

This toggle creates separate groups for tri and quad elements.This option is enabled only for the 2D elements option.​

In the case of RBE bodies input, options available to select Center node or Dependant nodes or both.

Connected bodies

In this toggle, the user can select the desired connected body types that need to be collected.

Faces

Entities

This option is used to display the associated entities for the given input faces and creates the group for the associated entities.

Create group for each element type

This toggle creates separate groups for tri and quad elements.This option is enabled only for the 2D Elements option.​

Edges

Entities

This option is used to display the associated entities for the given input edges and creates the group for the associated entities.

Vertices

Entities

This option is used to display the associated entities for the input vertices and create a group for the associated entities.

Example

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Elements

Entities

This option is used to display the associated entities for the given input elements and create the group for the associated entities.

Nodes

Entities

This option is used to display the associated entities for the given input nodes and create the group for the associated entities.