Visualizing Group Content

You can analyze and visualize the content of a group of nodes, a group of element edges, a group of element faces, and a group of elements.

Before you begin: A group must exist.
Related Topics
Creating Groups
Updating Groups

  1. In the specification tree, right-click a group, and select Show Content.

    Tip: The selected group is automatically updated if it is not up-to-date.

    The Show content dialog box appears, and the entities contained in the group are highlighted.

    The list of displayed entities varies depending on the type of groups you created:

    • Nodes
    • Element edges
    • Element faces
    • Elements

    In addition, implicit nodes are displayed by default, except for groups of nodes. Implicit nodes are the nodes of the entities contained in the group. For a group of element edges, the implicit nodes are the extremities of element edges; for a group of element faces, the implicit nodes are the vertices of the faces; for a group of elements, the implicit nodes are the vertices of the elements.

    Example of a group of element edges:



  2. To hide the content of the group or the implicit nodes, clear the associated check box.

  3. To show the content of the group or the implicit nodes, select the associated check box.

  4. Click Close.

Examples

Example of a group of element edges in which implicit nodes are hidden:

Example of the same group of element edges in which element edges are hidden and implicit nodes are displayed:

Example of a group of elements with their implicit nodes: