This section describes how you can use the Edit Mesh toolset to edit the nodes that comprise orphan meshes and Abaqus/CAE native meshes. The following topics are covered:

• “Creating a node,” Section 64.5.1

• “Editing the position of selected nodes,” Section 64.5.2

• “Dragging nodes,” Section 64.5.3

• “Projecting nodes,” Section 64.5.4

• “Deleting nodes,” Section 64.5.5

• “Merging nodes,” Section 64.5.6

• “Adjusting the position of midside nodes,” Section 64.5.7

• “Smoothing external nodes,” Section 64.5.8

• “Renumbering nodes,” Section 64.5.9

• “Selecting the nodes to edit,” Section 64.5.10