Remove element-associated data

These procedures assume the FEM is displayed.

Remove all element-associated data from a mesh

If the mesh is owned by the displayed part, you can use the Clear command to remove all element-associated data from the mesh.

1. In the Simulation Navigator, expand the appropriate mesh collector node.

2. Right-click the mesh node and choose Element Associated Data→Clear.In the graphics window, a red X appears next to each element from which the element-associated data was removed.

Remove element-associated data from a selected element

You can remove element-associated data from selected elements.

1. To identify the element(s) in the graphics window that contain associated data, follow the steps in List and show element-associated data for a mesh.

2. Choose Nodes and Elements tab→Elements group→Associated Data .

3. In the Element Associated Data dialog box, from the Type list, select the type of element from which to remove attributes data (for example, Shell for 2D elements).

4. In the graphics window, select the element(s) from which to remove element-associated data.

5. In the Element Associated Data dialog box, click next to the type of element-associated data to remove and select Clear from the menu that appears.Note: For shell elements, if you have both material orientation and corner node thickness defined and want to remove only one of them, select No change next to the data that you want to leave unchanged and select Clear next to the data you want to remove.

6. Click OK or Apply to apply the changes to the selected element(s).In the graphics window, a red X appears next to each element from which the element-associated data was removed.

How do I

Add element-associated data

List and show element-associated data for a mesh

Add mesh-associated data

Modify the properties of multiple meshes

Edit the mesh associated data for multiple meshes

Create an ANSYS KEYOPT table

Override element attributes

Learn more

Element and mesh attributes

Element-associated data

Managing element-associated data

End releases for 1D elements

Mesh-associated data

Quick links

Command reference

Pre/Post video examples

Bulk Entry Descriptions

Simcenter 3D tutorials

Browse Simcenter 3D help by product area

Remove element-associated data, Simcenter 3D 2021.1 Series

© 2020 Siemens

window.mainLanguage="en_US"

window.delivId=""

window.projectId=""

MathJax.Hub.Config({ TeX: { extensions: ["autoload-all.js"] }, tex2jax: { displayMath: [ ] }, "SVG": { scale: 125 } });