This section describes how you can use the Edit Mesh toolset to perform a global edit of a mesh containing orphan mesh components or Abaqus/CAE native mesh components or a combination of both mesh types. The following topics are covered:

• “Generating layers of solid elements offset from an existing mesh,” Section 64.7.1

• “Generating layers of shell elements offset from an existing mesh,” Section 64.7.2

• “Wrapping a mesh about the Z-axis,” Section 64.7.3

• “Collapsing short edges of a linear orphan mesh,” Section 64.7.4

• “Growing short edges of a linear orphan mesh,” Section 64.7.5

• “Converting a triangular shell mesh to a solid tetrahedral mesh,” Section 64.7.6

• “Converting a solid orphan mesh to a shell orphan mesh,” Section 64.7.7

• “Merging elements,” Section 64.7.8

• “Subdividing elements,” Section 64.7.9

• “Copying a mesh pattern,” Section 64.7.10

• “Viewing and editing mesh-geometry associativity,” Section 64.7.11

• “Deleting mesh-geometry associativity,” Section 64.7.12

• “Inserting cohesive seams,” Section 64.7.13