Manually associating nodes to geometry

Use the Manual Node Association command to manually associate nodes in an orphaned mesh to selected geometry. This command gives you more granular control over which nodes are associated to specific geometry. For example, you can use Manual Node Association to associate a selected set of orphan nodes to a selected edge.

As a best practice, you should first use the Node Association command to automatically associate as many orphan nodes as possible to nearby polygon geometry. You can then use the Manual Node Association command to associate any remaining orphan nodes.

Note:

Manual Node Association controls only the geometry association between a node and geometry. It does not change the location of a node.

Where do I find it?

Application	Pre/Post
Prerequisite	A FEM file as the displayed part and the work part
Command Finder	Manual Node Association

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