Can I select Nodes a specified distance from a geometric feature?

[joekm]

Trying to come up to speed on Patran. I used Cosmos/M some years ago and I remember that you could "PUSH" nodes to a nearby surface.

Is there something equivalent to that in Patran? I'm trying to find a way to easily create groupings of nodes for applying loads and boundary conditions without haveing to select them one at a time or take my chances with the "rubber-band" tool.

Thanks,

Joe

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Joseph K. Mooney
FAA DER Structures

 

[JakeLiv]

You can select the elements into a list, and then "grow" the list to include all nodes attached to the elements.

"pushing" nodes means either projection, or translation.. in any case you intend to modify elements, right?

 

[joekm]

As I recall in Cosmos/M, the PUSH command physically re-located the nodes to the surface in question. In the particular case I'm looking at in Patran, I've got a solid and I'd like to select node near lug and bolt-holes for load and boundary condition application.

I'm still coming up the learning curve in Patran so I tend to think in terms of that I've used in the past.

Although, I think if I search the Patran documentation for "project" I might find something similar.

Thanks for your input.



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