Free-Hand Node Move
1. | From the Menu Bar, select Mesh Editing > Move. |
2. | Using the radio button, select the Mouse Moving sub-window. |

3. | Click the Element Check toggle to display the elements with their quality color while moving the nodes: |
• | If the Element Check toggle is activated, the elements around the moving node become green (quality is good), orange (quality is acceptable), or red (quality is bad). |
• | If the Element Check toggle is not activated, the elements are displayed in the part color. |
Two options are available to move nodes using the mouse
Move the nodes one-by-one:
1. | Under One-by-One Selected, click to move the node in the plane defined by the neighboring elements: |
• | In the graphic window, pick a node and hold the left mouse button. |
• | Move the mouse to translate the node. |
• | If necessary, pick another node and repeat the same steps. |
• | When finished, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | To confirm, click Save to save the node displacements. |
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To cancel, click Cancel.
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2. | Under One-by-One Selected, click to move the node in the plane defined by the node to move and two other nodes: |
• | In the graphic window, pick the node to be moved (the node is displayed in yellow). |
• | Pick two other nodes (the nodes are displayed in red) to define a plane. |
• | Pick the first selected node once more and hold down the left mouse button. |
• | Move the mouse to translate the node. |
• | If necessary, pick another node and move it in the same plane. |
• | When finished, clickYes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | To confirm, click Save to save the node displacements. |
or
To cancel, click Cancel.
or
3. | Under One-by-One Selected, click to move the node along the normal of a plane: |
• | In the graphic window, pick the node to be moved (the node is displayed in yellow). |
• | Pick two other nodes (the nodes are displayed in red) to define a plane. |
• | Pick the first selected node once more and hold down the left mouse button. |
• | Move the mouse to translate the node. |
• | If necessary, pick another node and move it along the same normal. |
• | When finished, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | To confirm, click Save to save the node displacements. |
or
To cancel, click Cancel.
or
4. | Under One-by-One Selected, click to move the node in the plane defined by the screen: |
• | In the graphic window, pick a node and hold down the left mouse button. |
• | Move the mouse to translate the node. |
• | If necessary, pick another node and repeat the same steps. |
• | When finished, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | To confirm, click Save to save the node displacements. |
or
To cancel, click Cancel.
Move several nodes at the same time:
1. | In Multi-Selected, click to move nodes in the plane defined by the neighboring elements: |
• | In the graphic window, pick all the nodes to be moved. |
• | When finished with the selection, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | Pick the green node (first picked node) and hold down the left mouse button. |
• | Move the mouse to translate the nodes. |
• | When finished, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | If necessary, pick other nodes and repeat the same steps. |
• | When finished, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | To confirm, click Save to save the node displacements. |
or
To cancel, click Cancel.
or
2. | In Multi-Selected, click to move nodes in a plane defined by three nodes: |
• | In the graphic window, pick three nodes to define a plane. |
• | Pick all the nodes to move. |
• | When finished with the selection, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | Pick the first selected moving node (green node) once more and hold down the left mouse button. |
• | Move the mouse to translate the nodes. |
• | When finished, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | If necessary, pick other nodes and move them in the same plane. |
• | When finished, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | To confirm, click Save to save the node displacements. |
or
To cancel, click Cancel.
or
3. | In Multi-Selected, click to move nodes along the normal of a plane: |
• | In the graphic window, pick three nodes to define a plane. |
• | Pick all the nodes to be moved. |
• | When finished with the selection, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | Pick the first selected node (green node) once more and hold down the left mouse button. |
• | Move the mouse to translate the nodes. |
• | When finished, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | If necessary, pick other nodes and move them along the same normal. |
• | When finished, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | To confirm, click Save to save the node displacements. |
or
To cancel, click Cancel.
or
4. | In Multi-Selected, click to move nodes in the plane defined by the screen: |
• | In the graphic window, pick all the nodes to be moved. |
• | When finished with the selection, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | Pick the green node (first picked node) and hold down the left mouse button. |
• | Move the mouse to translate the nodes. |
• | When finished, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | If needed, pick other nodes and repeat the same steps. |
• | When finished, click Yes in the Dialog menu bar. |
• | To confirm, click Save to save the node displacements. |
or
To cancel, click Cancel.
How Do I ...
Move nodes using defined displacement
Move nodes with translations
Move nodes with rotations
Move nodes with multi-movings
Move nodes with symmetries
Move nodes with scaling
Undo or Redo defined displacement